{"id":9703,"date":"2024-08-26T16:37:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T20:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9703"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:29:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:29:00","slug":"matthew-chapter-12-the-sign-of-jonah","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9703","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Chapter 12 The Sign of Jonah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"\\&quot;wp-block-heading\\&quot; wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>38&nbsp;<\/sup>Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, \u201cTeacher, we want to see a sign&nbsp;from you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>39\u00a0<\/sup>He answered,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#f90202\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cA wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.\u00a0<sup>40\u00a0<\/sup>For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish,\u00a0so the Son of Man\u00a0will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.\u00a0<sup>41\u00a0<\/sup>The men of Nineveh\u00a0will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah,\u00a0and now something greater than Jonah is here.\u00a0<sup>42\u00a0<\/sup>The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came\u00a0from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon\u2019s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#fb0101\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\"><sup>43\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cWhen an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.\u00a0<sup>44\u00a0<\/sup>Then it says, \u2018I will return to the house I left.\u2019 When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order.\u00a0<sup>45\u00a0<\/sup>Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.\u00a0That is how it will be with this wicked generation.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>38&nbsp;Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, \u201cTeacher, we want to see a sign&nbsp;from you.\u201d 39\u00a0He answered,\u00a0\u201cA wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! 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