20 He said, “I will hide my face from them;(A)
I will see what will become of them,
for they are a perverse generation—
unfaithful children.

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20 “I will hide my face(A) from them,” he said,
    “and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,(B)
    children who are unfaithful.(C)

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Then they would not be like their ancestors,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not loyal
and whose spirit was not faithful to God.(A)

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They would not be like their ancestors(A)
    a stubborn(B) and rebellious(C) generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
    whose spirits were not faithful to him.

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31 Evil generation,(A)
pay attention to the word of the Lord!
Have I been a wilderness to Israel
or a land of dense darkness?(B)
Why do my people claim,
“We will go where we want;[a]
we will no longer come to you”?

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  1. 2:31 Or “We have taken control, or “We can roam

31 “You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord:

“Have I been a desert to Israel
    or a land of great darkness?(A)
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam;
    we will come to you no more’?(B)

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An Unresponsive Generation

16 “To what should I compare this generation? It’s like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to other children:

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16 “To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:

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39 He answered them,(A) “An evil and adulterous generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.(B)

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39 He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.(A)

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An evil and adulterous generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of[a] Jonah.”(A) Then he left them and went away.

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  1. 16:4 Other mss add the prophet

A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.”(A) Jesus then left them and went away.

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Jesus came up, touched them, and said, “Get up; don’t be afraid.”(A)

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But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.”(A)

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40 With many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt[a] generation!” (A)

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  1. 2:40 Or crooked, or twisted

40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”(A)

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15 so that you may be blameless(A) and pure,(B) children of God who are faultless(C) in a crooked(D) and perverted(E) generation,(F) among whom you shine like stars in the world,

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15 so that you may become blameless(A) and pure, “children of God(B) without fault in a warped and crooked generation.”[a](C) Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:15 Deut. 32:5