The Pharisees and Sadducees Test Jesus

16 ^(A)And the ^(B)Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him, they ^(C)asked Him to show them ^[a]a sign from heaven. ² But He replied to them, “^[b](D)When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ ³ And in the morning, ‘There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ ^(E)Do you know how to discern the ^[c]appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times? ^4 (F)An evil and adulterous generation eagerly seeks for ^[d]a sign; and ^[e]a sign will not be given it, except the ^[f]sign of Jonah.” And He left them and went away.

⁵ And coming to the other side of the sea, the disciples had forgotten to bring bread. ⁶ And Jesus said to them, “Watch out and ^(G)beware of the ^[g]leaven of the ^(H)Pharisees and Sadducees.” ⁷ Now they began to discuss this among themselves, saying, “He said that because we did not bring bread.” ⁸ But Jesus, aware of this, said, “^(I)You men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread? ⁹ Do you not yet understand or remember ^(J)the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets full you picked up? ¹⁰ Or ^(K)the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets full you picked up? ¹¹ How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But ^(L)beware of the ^[h]leaven of the ^(M)Pharisees and Sadducees.” ¹² Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the ^(N)Pharisees and Sadducees.

^11 (A)And the Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, ^(B)seeking from Him ^[a]a sign from heaven, testing Him. ^12 (C)And sighing deeply ^[b]in His spirit, He *said, “Why does this generation seek ^[c]a sign? Truly I say to you, ^[d](D)no ^[e]sign will be given to this generation.” ¹³ And leaving them, He again embarked and went away to the other side.

¹⁴ And they had forgotten to take bread, and did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them. ¹⁵ And He was giving orders to them, saying, “^(E)Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of ^(F)Herod.” ¹⁶ And they began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread. ¹⁷ And Jesus, aware of this, *said to them, “Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? ^(G)Do you not yet perceive or understand? Do you have a hardened heart? ^18 (H)Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember, ¹⁹ when I broke ^(I)the five loaves for the five thousand, how many ^(J)baskets full of broken pieces you picked up?” They *said to Him, “Twelve.” ²⁰ “When I broke ^(K)the seven for the four thousand, how many large ^(L)baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?” And they *said to Him, “Seven.” ²¹ And He was saying to them, “^(M)Do you not yet understand?”