Matthew 12:38-40

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³⁸ “Teacher,” responded some of the scribes and Pharisees. “We would like to see a sign from you.”

³⁹ “This wicked and immoral generation is looking for a sign,” replied Jesus. “But no sign will be given to it—except the sign of Jonah. ⁴⁰ Jonah, you see, was in the stomach of the sea-monster for three days and three nights—and in the same way the son of man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.