Luke 11:30

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For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

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  • Jonah 1:17 : 17 Jonah Prays(2:1) The LORD sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.
  • Jonah 2:10 : 10 Then the LORD commanded the fish and it disgorged Jonah on dry land.
  • Jonah 3:2-9 : 2 “Go immediately to Nineveh, that large city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah went immediately to Nineveh, in keeping with the LORD’s message.(Now Nineveh was an enormous city– it required three days to walk through it!) 4 When Jonah began to enter the city one day’s walk, he announced,“At the end of forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!” 5 The people of Nineveh believed in God, and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. 6 When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes. 7 He issued a proclamation and said,“In Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles: No human or animal, cattle or sheep, is to taste anything; they must not eat and they must not drink water. 8 Every person and animal must put on sackcloth and must cry earnestly to God, and everyone must turn from their evil way of living and from the violence that they do. 9 Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die.” 10 When God saw their actions– that they turned from their evil way of living!– God relented concerning the judgment he had threatened them with and he did not destroy them.
  • Matt 12:40-42 : 40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. 41 The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them– and now, something greater than Jonah is here! 42 The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon– and now, something greater than Solomon is here!
  • Luke 24:46-47 : 46 and said to them,“Thus it stands written that the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

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  • Luke 11:29
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    29The Sign of Jonah As the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say,“This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

  • Matt 12:38-42
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    85%

    38The Sign of Jonah Then some of the experts in the law along with some Pharisees answered him,“Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

    39But he answered them,“An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

    40For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

    41The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them– and now, something greater than Jonah is here!

    42The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon– and now, something greater than Solomon is here!

  • Luke 11:31-33
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    31The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon– and now, something greater than Solomon is here!

    32The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them– and now, something greater than Jonah is here!

    33Internal Light“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

  • Matt 16:3-4
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    78%

    3and in the morning,‘It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.’ You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times.

    4A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.

  • Mark 8:12
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    12Sighing deeply in his spirit he said,“Why does this generation look for a sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to this generation.”

  • Luke 17:24-26
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    24For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

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

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

  • Matt 11:16
    72%

    16“To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,

  • Jonah 3:1-5
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    1The People of Nineveh Respond to Jonah’s Warning The LORD’s message came to Jonah a second time,

    2“Go immediately to Nineveh, that large city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.”

    3So Jonah went immediately to Nineveh, in keeping with the LORD’s message.(Now Nineveh was an enormous city– it required three days to walk through it!)

    4When Jonah began to enter the city one day’s walk, he announced,“At the end of forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”

    5The people of Nineveh believed in God, and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.

  • Luke 17:30
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    30It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

  • Jonah 1:1-2
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    1¶ Jonah Tries to Run from the Lord The LORD’s message came to Jonah son of Amittai,

    2“Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention.”

  • Matt 24:37
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    37For just like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

  • Luke 7:31
    69%

    31“To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

  • Mark 13:29-30
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    29So also you, when you see these things happening, know that he is near, right at the door.

    30I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

  • Matt 23:36
    69%

    36I tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things!

  • Luke 21:32
    68%

    32I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

  • Matt 11:19-20
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    67%

    19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

    20Woes on Unrepentant Cities Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent.

  • Luke 15:11
    67%

    11The Parable of the Compassionate Father Then Jesus said,“A man had two sons.

  • Matt 12:45
    67%

    45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!”

  • Matt 24:34
    67%

    34I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

  • Luke 12:40
    67%

    40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

  • Luke 9:41
    67%

    41Jesus answered,“You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you and endure you? Bring your son here.”

  • Jonah 1:17
    67%

    17Jonah Prays(2:1) The LORD sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

  • Mark 9:31
    67%

    31for he was teaching his disciples and telling them,“The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.”

  • Luke 3:7
    66%

    7So John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him,“You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

  • Matt 17:22
    66%

    22Second Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them,“The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.

  • Nah 3:7
    66%

    7Everyone who sees you will turn away from you in disgust; they will say,‘Nineveh has been devastated! Who will lament for her?’ There will be no one to comfort you!”

  • Luke 10:14
    66%

    14But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you!

  • Luke 17:22
    66%

    22The Coming of the Son of Man Then he said to the disciples,“The days are coming 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 came to seek and to save the lost.”

  • Matt 24:39
    66%

    39And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 11:22
    66%

    22But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you!

  • Luke 9:44
    66%

    44“Take these words to heart, for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

  • John 3:14
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    14Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,