Matthew 12:38-40

New American Standard Bible 1995

The Desire for Signs

³⁸ Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, ^(A)we want to see a ^[a]sign from You.” ³⁹ But He answered and said to them, “^(B)An evil and adulterous generation craves for a ^[b]sign; and yet no ^[c]sign will be given to it but the ^[d]sign of Jonah the prophet; ⁴⁰ for just as ^(C)Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will ^(D)the Son of Man be ^(E)three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.