37 For by your words you will be vindicated, and by your words you will be condemned.”

The Sign of Jonah

38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you!” 39 But he answered and[a] said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation desires a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah!

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:39 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb

37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”(A)

The Sign of Jonah(B)(C)

38 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign(D) from you.”(E)

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.(F)

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