Signs

Matthew 16:1-4

They wanted a sign. No matter that they had already asked Jesus for a sign, and he had said no. No matter that he had healed the sick and miraculously fed the hungry. This was not enough for them. They wanted us a sign.

Give us something more. Prove to us who you are and then we'll believe you. Jesus repeated what he had said the last time the Pharisees had asked for a sign, "a wicked and adulterous generation looks for a miraculous sign" (Matthew 16:4).

The signs were already there in every word he spoke and in every life he touched, but they could not see these signs. "Convince us" they said. But they could not be convinced.