Luke 11:16

Tyndale New Testament

And other tempted him sekinge of him a signe fro heave.

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.

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

¹⁴ And he was a castynge out a devyll which was dome. And it folowed when the devyll was gone out the domme spake and the people wondred. ¹⁵ But some of the sayde: he casteth out devyls by the power of Belzebub the chefe of the devyls. ¹⁶ And other tempted him sekinge of him a signe fro heave. ¹⁷ But he knewe their thoughtes and sayde vnto them: Every kingdome devided with in it silfe shalbe desolate: and one housse shall fall vpon another. ¹⁸ So if Satan be devided with in him silfe: how shall his kyngdome endure? Because ye saye that I cast out devyls by the power of Belzebub. ¹⁹ Yf I by the power of Belzebub caste oute devyls: by whome do youre chyldren cast them out? Therfore shall they be youre iudges. ²⁰ But if I with ye finger of God cast out devyls noo doute the kyngdome of God is come vpon you. ²¹ When a stronge man armed watcheth his housse: yt he possesseth is in peace. ²² But when a stronger then he cometh vpo him and overcometh him: he taketh from him his harnes wherin he trusted and devideth his gooddes. ²³ He that is not with me is agaynst me. And he that gadereth not with me scattereth.

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

Luke 3:35
which was the sonne of Saruch: which was the sonne of Ragau: which was the sonne of Phalec: which was the sonne of Heber: which was the sonne of Sala:

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.