Matthew 12:39

Matthew chapter 12 · verse 39 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:

Context

v.38Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we would see a sign from thee.

v.39This passage

v.40for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Matthew 16:4
An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed.
Isaiah 57:3
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
James 4:4
Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.
Luke 11:29
And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.
Mark 8:38
For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also shall be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.