Luke 11:16

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And others, as a test, were demanding of him a sign from heaven.

King James Version (1611)
And other tempting him, sought of him a signe from heauen.

King James Version
And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

English Standard Version
while others, to test him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.

New American Standard Bible
Others, to test Him, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.

New Century Version
Other people, wanting to test Jesus, asked him to give them a sign from heaven.

Amplified Bible
Others, trying to test Him, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Others, to test Him, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven.

Legacy Standard Bible
And others, testing Him, were seeking from Him a sign from heaven.

Berean Standard Bible
And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.

Contemporary English Version
Others wanted to put Jesus to the test. So they asked him to show them a sign from God.

Complete Jewish Bible
And others, trying to trap him, demanded from him a sign from Heaven.

Darby Translation
And others tempting [him] sought from him a sign out of heaven.

Easy-to-Read Version
Some others there wanted to test Jesus. They asked him to do a miracle as a sign from God.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And others tempted him, seeking of him a signe from heauen.

George Lamsa Translation
And others, tempting him, asked him for a sign from heaven.

Good News Translation
Others wanted to trap Jesus, so they asked him to perform a miracle to show that God approved of him.

Lexham English Bible
And others, in order to test him, were demanding from him a sign from heaven.

Literal Translation
And tempting Him , others were seeking a miraculous sign from Heaven from Him.

American Standard Version
And others, trying him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

Bible in Basic English
And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him.

Hebrew Names Version
Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
while others, tempting him, the sign from heaven demanded of him.

Murdock Translation
And others, to tempt him, asked of him a sign from heaven.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And other tempted him, and required of hym a signe from heauen.

English Revised Version
And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

World English Bible
Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And others tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

Weymouth's New Testament
Others, to put Him to the test, asked Him for a sign in the sky.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And othir temptinge axiden of hym a tokene fro heuene.

Update Bible Version
And others, trying [him], sought of him a sign from heaven.

Webster's Bible Translation
And others tempting [him], sought from him a sign from heaven.

New English Translation
Others, to test him, began asking for a sign from heaven.

New King James Version
Others, testing Him, sought from Him a sign from heaven.

New Living Translation
Others, trying to test Jesus, demanded that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority.

New Life Bible
Others tried to trap Jesus. They asked for something special to see from heaven.

New Revised Standard
Others, to test him, kept demanding from him a sign from heaven.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, others, putting him to the test, a sign out of heaven, were seeking from him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And others tempting, asked of him a sign from heaven.

Revised Standard Version
while others, to test him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And other tempted him sekinge of him a signe fro heave.

Young's Literal Translation
and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The other tempted him, and desyred a token of him from heauen.

Mace New Testament (1729)
others, to try him, desir'd he would show some miraculous sign in the heaven.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Many folks wanted more proof and more miracles to prove Jesus had come from God.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴Jesus delivered a man from a demon that had kept him speechless. The demon gone, the man started talking a blue streak, taking the crowd by complete surprise. But some from the crowd were cynical. "Black magic," they said. "Some devil trick he's pulled from his sleeve." Others were skeptical, waiting around for him to prove himself with a spectacular miracle. ¹⁷Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, "Any country in civil war for very long is wasted. A constantly squabbling family falls to pieces. If Satan cancels Satan, is there any Satan left? You accuse me of ganging up with the Devil, the prince of demons, to cast out demons, but if you're slinging devil mud at me, calling me a devil who kicks out devils, doesn't the same mud stick to your own exorcists? But if it's God's finger I'm pointing that sends the demons on their way, then God's kingdom is here for sure. ²¹"When a strong man, armed to the teeth, stands guard in his front yard, his property is safe and sound. But what if a stronger man comes along with superior weapons? Then he's beaten at his own game, the arsenal that gave him such confidence hauled off, and his precious possessions plundered. ²³ "This is war, and there is no neutral ground. If you're not on my side, you're the enemy; if you're not helping, you're making things worse. ²⁴"When a corrupting spirit is expelled from someone, it drifts along through the desert looking for an oasis, some unsuspecting soul it can bedevil. When it doesn't find anyone, it says, ‘I'll go back to my old haunt.' On return, it finds the person swept and dusted, but vacant. It then runs out and rounds up seven other spirits dirtier than itself and they all move in, whooping it up. That person ends up far worse than if he'd never gotten cleaned up in the first place."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Matthew 12:38, Matthew 12:39, Matthew 16:1-4, Mark 8:11, Mark 8:12, John 6:30, 1 Corinthians 1:22

Reciprocal: Luke 20:23 - Why Hebrews 12:3 - contradiction

Cross-References

Genesis 10:21
Shem, the older brother of Japheth, also had sons. Shem was ancestor to all the children of Eber.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And others tempting him,.... Others of the Scribes and Pharisees, or Sadducees: sought of him a sign from heaven;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 12:22-30.