Luke 11:30

American Standard Version (1901)

For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

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  • Jonah 1:17 : 17 And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
  • Jonah 2:10 : 10 And Jehovah spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
  • Jonah 3:2-9 : 2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. 3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey. 4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. 6 And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water; 8 but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands. 9 Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? 10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil which he said he would do unto them; and he did it not.
  • Matt 12:40-42 : 40 for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here. 42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
  • Luke 24:46-47 : 46 and he said unto them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day; 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 11:29
    87%

    29And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

  • Matt 12:38-42
    5 verses
    85%

    38Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we would see a sign from thee.

    39But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:

    40for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

    41The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

    42The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

  • Luke 11:31-33
    3 verses
    85%

    31The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

    32The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

    33No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, neither under the bushel, but on the stand, that they which enter in may see the light.

  • Matt 16:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3And in the morning, [It will be] foul weather to-day: for the heaven is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot [discern] the signs of the times.

    4An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed.

  • Mark 8:12
    74%

    12And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

  • Luke 17:24-26
    3 verses
    73%

    24for as the lightning, when it lighteneth out of the one part under the heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall the Son of man be in his day.

    25But first must he suffer many things and be rejected of this generation.

    26And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

  • Matt 11:16
    72%

    16But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows

  • Jonah 3:1-5
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    70%

    1And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

    2Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

    3So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey.

    4And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

    5And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

  • Luke 17:30
    70%

    30after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.

  • Jonah 1:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

    2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

  • Matt 24:37
    70%

    37And as [were] the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

  • Luke 7:31
    69%

    31Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?

  • Mark 13:29-30
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    69%

    29even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that he is nigh, [even] at the doors.

    30Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, until all these things be accomplished.

  • Matt 23:36
    69%

    36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

  • Luke 21:32
    68%

    32Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all things be accomplished.

  • Matt 11:19-20
    2 verses
    67%

    19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her [ works.

    20Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not.

  • Luke 15:11
    67%

    11And he said, A certain man had two sons:

  • Matt 12:45
    67%

    45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.

  • Matt 24:34
    67%

    34Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished.

  • Luke 12:40
    67%

    40Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

  • Matt 18:11
    67%

    11(Ommitted)

  • Luke 9:41
    67%

    41And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and bear with you? bring hither thy son.

  • Jonah 1:17
    67%

    17And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

  • Mark 9:31
    67%

    31For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered up into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise again.

  • Luke 3:7
    66%

    7He said therefore to the multitudes that went out to be baptized of him, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

  • Matt 17:22
    66%

    22And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be delivered up into the hands of men;

  • Nah 3:7
    66%

    7And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

  • Luke 10:14
    66%

    14But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you.

  • Luke 17:22
    66%

    22And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.

  • Luke 19:10
    66%

    10For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

  • Matt 24:39
    66%

    39and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

  • Matt 11:22
    66%

    22But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.

  • Luke 9:44
    66%

    44Let these words sink into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered up into the hands of men.

  • John 3:14
    65%

    14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up;