² The Lord asked him, “What is that in your hand?”

“A staff,” he replied.

¹¹ “Ask for a sign^(A) from the Lord your God—it can be as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven.”

¹⁸ So the Jews replied to him, “What sign will you show us for doing these things?”

³⁰ “What sign, then, are you going to do so that we may see and believe you?” they asked. “What are you going to perform?