Then some teachers of the Law and some Pharisees spoke up. "Teacher," they said, "we want to see you perform a miracle."

"How evil and godless are the people of this day!" Jesus exclaimed. "You ask me for a miracle? No! The only miracle you will be given is the miracle of the prophet Jonah.

Some Pharisees and Sadducees who came to Jesus wanted to trap him, so they asked him to perform a miracle for them, to show that God approved of him.

And early in the morning you say, 'It is going to rain, because the sky is red and dark.' You can predict the weather by looking at the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs concerning these times!

Some Pharisees came to Jesus and started to argue with him. They wanted to trap him, so they asked him to perform a miracle to show that God approved of him.

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

No, it is rather by means of God's power that I drive out demons, and this proves that the Kingdom of God has already come to you.

The Jewish authorities came back at him with a question, "What miracle can you perform to show us that you have the right to do this?"

Then the woman left her water jar, went back to the town, and said to the people there,

Certain Epicurean and Stoic teachers also debated with him. Some of them asked, "What is this ignorant show-off trying to say?" Others answered, "He seems to be talking about foreign gods." They said this because Paul was preaching about Jesus and the resurrection.

Some of the things we hear you say sound strange to us, and we would like to know what they mean."