World English Bible
Matthew 12:39
“But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.”
Verse in context — Matthew 12
37
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.
38
Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.
39
But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
40
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
41
The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.
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