27 Now it happened that as he said these things, a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and[a] said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!” 28 But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and follow it!”[b]

The Sign of Jonah

29 And as[c] the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation! It demands a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah!

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:27 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“raised”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Luke 11:28 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Luke 11:29 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“were increasing”)