Mat 12:38-42, Mar 8:12 | ISV | STEP | The Sign of Jonah Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

Matthew 12:38-42

38 The Sign of Jonah Mark 8:11-12; Luke 11:29-32Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, ^{▼▼Lit. him} “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”Matt 16:1; Mark 8:11; Luke 11:16, 29; John 2:18; 1Cor 1:22

39 But he replied to them, “An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign. Yet no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.Isa 57:3; Matt 16:4; Mark 8:38; John 4:48 40 For just as Jonah was in the stomach of the sea creature for three days and three nights, ^{▼▼Jonah 1:17} so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.Jonah 1:17 41 The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. But look—something greater than Jonah is here!Jer 3:11; Ezek 16:51-52; Jonah 3:5; Luke 11:32; Rom 2:27 42 The queen of the south will stand up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. But look—something greater than Solomon is here!”1Kings 10:1; 2Chr 9:1; Luke 11:31

The Return of the Unclean Spirit Luke 11:24-26

Mark 8:12

12 He sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”