Luke 11:30

KJV1611 – Modern English

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.

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  • Jonah 1:17 : 17 Now the LORD had 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 the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto the dry land.
  • Jonah 3:2-9 : 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you. 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city of three days' journey. 4 And Jonah began to enter into the city, a day's journey, and he cried out, saying, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. 5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them. 6 For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not eat, nor drink water. 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in their hands. 9 Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we do not perish? 10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented of the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.
  • Matt 12:40-42 : 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because 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 uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
  • Luke 24:46-47 : 46 And said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day: 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

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  • Luke 11:29
    87%

    29And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet.

  • Matt 12:38-42
    5 verses
    85%

    38Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Teacher, we would like to see a sign from you.

    39But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah:

    40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

    41The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because 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 uttermost parts 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 condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

    32The men of Nineveh shall rise 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 one, when he has lit a candle, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a candlestick, that those who come in may see the light.

  • Matt 16:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3And in the morning, It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening. O you hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?

    4A wicked and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. And He left them and departed.

  • Mark 8:12
    74%

    12And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.

  • Luke 17:24-26
    3 verses
    73%

    24For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

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

    26And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 11:16
    72%

    16But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the markets, and calling to their fellows,

  • Jonah 3:1-5
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    70%

    1And the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time, saying,

    2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.

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

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

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

  • Luke 17:30
    70%

    30Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

  • Jonah 1:1-2
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    70%

    1Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

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

  • Matt 24:37
    70%

    37But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

  • Luke 7:31
    69%

    31And the Lord said, To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? and what are they like?

  • Mark 13:29-30
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    69%

    29So you also, when you see these things come to pass, know that it is near, even at the doors.

    30Truly I say to you, that this generation shall not pass until all these things are done.

  • Matt 23:36
    69%

    36Truly I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

  • Luke 21:32
    68%

    32Truly I say to you, This generation shall not pass away until all is fulfilled.

  • Matt 11:19-20
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    67%

    19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.

    20Then he began to reproach the cities where most of his mighty works were done, because they did not repent:

  • Luke 15:11
    67%

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

  • Matt 12:45
    67%

    45Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.

  • Matt 24:34
    67%

    34Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things are fulfilled.

  • Luke 12:40
    67%

    40Therefore be ready also: for the Son of Man comes at an hour you do not expect.

  • Matt 18:11
    67%

    11For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.

  • 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 your son here.

  • Jonah 1:17
    67%

    17Now the LORD had 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 to them, The Son of Man is being delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and after he is killed, he will rise the third day.

  • Luke 3:7
    66%

    7Then he said to the multitude that came forth to be baptized by him, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

  • Matt 17:22
    66%

    22And while they remained in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of Man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:

  • Nah 3:7
    66%

    7And it shall come to pass, that all who look upon you will flee from you, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will mourn for her? From where shall I seek comforters for you?

  • Luke 10:14
    66%

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

  • Luke 17:22
    66%

    22And he said to the disciples, The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

  • Luke 19:10
    66%

    10For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.

  • Matt 24:39
    66%

    39and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

  • Matt 11:22
    66%

    22But I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you.

  • Luke 9:44
    66%

    44Let these sayings sink into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.

  • John 3:14
    65%

    14As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,