Matthew 16:1

NETBible

Now when the Pharisees 1  and Sadducees 2  came to test Jesus, 3  they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 4 

NIV ©

The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.

NASB ©

The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven.

NLT ©

One day the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus’ claims by asking him to show them a miraculous sign from heaven.

MSG ©

Some Pharisees and Sadducees were on him again, pressing him to prove himself to them.

BBE ©

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.

NRSV ©

The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test Jesus they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

NKJV ©

Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven.

KJV
The Pharisees
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also
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with the Sadducees
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came
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and
<2532>
tempting
<3985> (5723)
desired
<1905> (5656)
him
<846>
that he would shew
<1925> (5658)
them
<846>
a sign
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from
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heaven
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NASB ©
The Pharisees
<5330>
and Sadducees
<4523>
came
<4334>
up, and testing
<3985>
Jesus, they asked
<1905>
Him to show
<1925>
them a sign
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from heaven
<3772>
.
NET [draft] ITL
Now when the Pharisees
<5330>
and
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Sadducees
<4523>
came
<4334>
to test
<3985>
Jesus, they asked
<1905>
him
<846>
to show
<1925>
them
<846>
a sign
<4592>
from
<1537>
heaven
<3772>
.
GREEK
kai
<2532>
CONJ
proselyontev
<4334> (5631)
V-2AAP-NPM
[oi]
<3588>
T-NPM
farisaioi
<5330>
N-NPM
kai
<2532>
CONJ
saddoukaioi
<4523>
N-NPM
peirazontev
<3985> (5723)
V-PAP-NPM
ephrwthsan
<1905> (5656)
V-AAI-3P
auton
<846>
P-ASM
shmeion
<4592>
N-ASN
ek
<1537>
PREP
tou
<3588>
T-GSM
ouranou
<3772>
N-GSM
epideixai
<1925> (5658)
V-AAN
autoiv
<846>
P-DPM
NETBible

Now when the Pharisees 1  and Sadducees 2  came to test Jesus, 3  they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 4 

NET Notes

1 sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

2 sn See the note on Sadducees in 3:7.

3 tn The object of the participle πειράζοντες (peirazontes) is not given in the Greek text but has been supplied here for clarity.

4 sn What exactly this sign would have been, given what Jesus was already doing, is not clear. But here is where the fence-sitters reside, refusing to commit to him.