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Matthew 12:37-40
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Matthew 12:37-40
Living Bible
37 Your words now reflect your fate then: either you will be justified by them or you will be condemned.”
38 One day some of the Jewish leaders, including some Pharisees, came to Jesus asking him to show them a miracle.
39-40 But Jesus replied, “Only an evil, faithless nation would ask for further proof; and none will be given except what happened to Jonah the prophet! For as Jonah was in the great fish for three days and three nights, so I, the Messiah,[a] shall be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.
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- Matthew 12:39 the Messiah, literally, “the Son of Man.”
Matthew 12:37-39
New International Version
Matthew 12:37-39
New International Version
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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