The Request for a Sign Refused (Mark 8:11-13 *, Luke 11:16; Luke 11:29 f.). For the mention of Sadducees cf. Matthew 16:6 *. The saying about the weather (Matthew 16:2 b, Matthew 16:3) is wanting in some good MSS., and is perhaps an interpolation from Luke 12:54-56 *. The signs of the times are regarded here as the miracles already wrought by Jesus. The sign of Jonah is repeated from Matthew 12:38 *.
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Matthew 16:1-4
1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
2 He answered and said unto them,When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.