Luke 11:30

World English Bible (2000)

For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.

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  • Jonah 1:17 : 17 Yahweh 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 Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on 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 Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across. 4 Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and said, "In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!" 5 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 The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, "Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water; 8 but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands. 9 Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?" 10 God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn't do it.
  • Matt 12:40-42 : 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. 42 The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.
  • Luke 24:46-47 : 46 He 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 the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

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  • Luke 11:29
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    29 When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.

  • Matt 12:38-42
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    85%

    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.

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

  • Luke 11:31-33
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    31 The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.

    32 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, one greater than Jonah is here.

    33 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.

  • Matt 16:3-4
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    3 In the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can't discern the signs of the times!

    4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah." He left them, and departed.

  • Mark 8:12
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    12 He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation."

  • Luke 17:24-26
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    24 for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day.

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

    26 As it happened in the days of Noah, even so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 11:16
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    16 "But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions

  • Jonah 3:1-5
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    1 The word of Yahweh came to Jonah the second time, saying,

    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 Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across.

    4 Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and said, "In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!"

    5 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
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    30 It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.

  • Jonah 1:1-2
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    1 Now the word of Yahweh came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

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

  • Matt 24:37
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    37 "As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Luke 7:31
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    31 "To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?

  • Mark 13:29-30
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    29 even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.

    30 Most certainly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things happen.

  • Matt 23:36
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    36 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

  • Luke 21:32
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    32 Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.

  • Matt 11:19-20
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    19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."

    20 Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn't repent.

  • Luke 15:11
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    11 He said, "A certain man had two sons.

  • Matt 12:45
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    45 Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation."

  • Matt 24:34
    67%

    34 Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.

  • Luke 12:40
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    40 Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."

  • Matt 18:11
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    11 For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.

  • Luke 9:41
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    41 Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."

  • Jonah 1:17
    67%

    17 Yahweh 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
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    31 For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, "The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again."

  • Luke 3:7
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    7 He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be baptized by him, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

  • Matt 17:22
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    22 While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,

  • Nah 3:7
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    7 It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, 'Nineveh is laid waste! Who will mourn for her?' Where will I seek comforters for you?"

  • Luke 10:14
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    14 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

  • Luke 17:22
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    22 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
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    10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."

  • Matt 24:39
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    39 and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 11:22
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    22 But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

  • Luke 9:44
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    44 "Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men."

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