Matthew 12:39

World English Bible (2000)

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.

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  • Matt 16:4 : 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.
  • Luke 11:29-32 : 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. 30 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation. 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.
  • Jas 4:4 : 4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
  • Mark 8:38 : 38 For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."
  • Isa 57:3 : 3 "But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute.

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  • Matt 16:1-4
    4 verses
    90%

    1The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

    2But he answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'

    3In 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!

    4An 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.

  • Luke 11:29-32
    4 verses
    89%

    29When 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.

    30For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.

    31The 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.

    32The 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.

  • Mark 8:11-12
    2 verses
    83%

    11The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.

    12He 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."

  • Matt 12:38
    79%

    38Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."

  • Matt 12:40-42
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    40For 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.

    41The 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.

    42The 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 11:16
    71%

    16Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

  • Luke 9:41
    69%

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

  • John 2:18
    69%

    18The Jews therefore answered him, "What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?"

  • Luke 17:22-23
    2 verses
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    22He 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.

    23They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't go away, nor follow after them,

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

  • Matt 11:16
    68%

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

  • John 4:48
    67%

    48Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe."

  • John 6:30
    67%

    30They said therefore to him, "What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do?

  • Matt 17:17
    67%

    17Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me."

  • Matt 12:45
    67%

    45Then 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."

  • Mark 9:19
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    19He answered him, "Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me."

  • Luke 17:25-26
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    66%

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

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

  • Matt 12:34
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    34You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

  • Mark 13:21
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    21Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it.

  • Luke 12:56
    66%

    56You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don't interpret this time?

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

  • Luke 3:7
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    7He 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?

  • John 12:37
    65%

    37But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn't believe in him,

  • Matt 13:11
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    11He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

  • Deut 13:2
    65%

    2and the sign or the wonder come to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, "Let us go after other gods" (which you have not known) "and let us serve them;"

  • Luke 21:7
    65%

    7They asked him, "Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?"

  • Matt 11:20
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    20Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn't repent.

  • Matt 7:10
    65%

    10Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?

  • John 6:43
    65%

    43Therefore Jesus answered them, "Don't murmur among yourselves.

  • Mark 9:39
    65%

    39But Jesus said, "Don't forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.

  • 1 Cor 1:22
    65%

    22For Jews ask for signs, Greeks seek after wisdom,

  • John 7:36
    65%

    36What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come'?"

  • Matt 7:6
    65%

    6"Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

  • Deut 1:35
    65%

    35"Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land, which I swore to give to your fathers,

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

  • Mark 12:9
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    9What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.

  • Jonah 4:1
    65%

    1But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

  • Luke 12:54
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    54He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.

  • Luke 9:62
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    62But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."