Jesus just fed a multitude of countrymen that heard he was healing people and they came to test Him further. The Pharisees ask Jesus to reveal a sign that will undoubtedly prove that He is the Son of God.
Jesus healed many people and walked on water and that wasn't enough. The people missed the mark, terribly, in thinking that Jesus came to heal the body or feed it, the reason was; that they may believe in the God that is father of the Son, born of a virgin woman. Can we see the arrogance of thinking we know it all. The same arrogance that we take from the tree of knowledge. The devil played with words, twisted and manipulated the true meaning of the reason Eve wasn't to eat from the tree of knowledge. Knowledge isn't bad, but, the danger is in the thinking we know it all.
The pharisees think they have all the answers and try to trap Jesus or get an "ah Ha" moment to prove to themselves they are right. During the life of the Christ people were so focused on the physical healing that they miss the spiritual healing.
Jesus isn't impressed with their agenda and pays them little mind. He lets them know that their generation will find no sign. No sign will be found because no sign will be searched for, they know it all. Arrogance is not capable of seeing beyond the mirror, the focus is closed, internal and exclusive. Love is open, external, and inclusive
"He sighed from the depth of His Spirit" as Jesus would in His last act of Love- open, external, and inclusive.
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