29When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, |This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.


In Context

26 Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.|

27 It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, |Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!|

28 But he said, |On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.|

29 When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, |This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.

30 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.

31 The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.

Luke 11:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:29And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:29As the crowds increased, Jesus said, "This is a wicked generation. It asks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:29And the multitudes running together, he began to say: This generation is a wicked generation: it asketh a sign, and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:29And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:29But as the crowds thronged together, he began to say, This generation is a wicked generation: it seeks a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it but the sign of Jonas.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:29And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:29And when the people were assembled in crowds, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:29And the multitudes crowding together upon him, he began to say, 'This generation is evil, a sign it doth seek after, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:29And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.