Matthew 12:39

But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

But {G1161} he answered {G611} and said {G2036} unto them {G846}, An evil {G4190} and {G2532} adulterous {G3428} generation {G1074} seeketh after {G1934} a sign {G4592}; and {G2532} there shall no {G3756} sign {G4592} be given {G1325} to it {G846}, but {G1508} the sign {G4592} of the prophet {G4396} Jonas {G2495}:

He replied, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign? No! None will be given to it but the sign of the prophet Yonah.

Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 16:4 (8 votes)

    A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

  • Luke 11:29 (7 votes)

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

  • Luke 11:32 (7 votes)

    The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas [is] here.

  • Isaiah 57:3 (4 votes)

    ¶ But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.

  • James 4:4 (4 votes)

    Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

  • Mark 8:38 (4 votes)

    Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.