37 For [a]by your words you will be justified, and [b]by your words you will be condemned.”

The Desire for Signs

38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, (A)we want to see a [c]sign from You.” 39 But He answered and said to them, (B)An evil and adulterous generation craves for a [d]sign; and yet no [e]sign will be given to it but the [f]sign of Jonah the prophet;

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:37 Or in accordance with
  2. Matthew 12:37 Or in accordance with
  3. Matthew 12:38 I.e. attesting miracle
  4. Matthew 12:39 I.e. attesting miracle
  5. Matthew 12:39 I.e. attesting miracle
  6. Matthew 12:39 I.e. attesting miracle

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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