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28 Jesus replied, “That's true, but the people who are really blessed are the ones who hear and obey God's message!”[a]

A Sign from God

(Matthew 12.38-42; Mark 8.12)

29 (A) As crowds were gathering around Jesus, he said:

You people of today are evil! You keep looking for a sign from God. But what happened to Jonah[b] is the only sign you will be given. 30 (B) Just as Jonah was a sign to the people of Nineveh, the Son of Man will be a sign to the people of today.

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Footnotes

  1. 11.28 That's true, but the people who are really blessed … message: Or “That's not true, the people who are blessed … message.”
  2. 11.29 what happened to Jonah: Jonah was in the stomach of a big fish for three days and nights (see Matthew 12.40).

28 He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God(A) and obey it.”(B)

The Sign of Jonah(C)

29 As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign,(D) but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.(E) 30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.

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