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28 He replied, “Yes, but even more blessed are all who hear the Word of God and put it into practice.”

29-30 As the crowd pressed in upon him, he preached them this sermon: “These are evil times, with evil people. They keep asking for some strange happening in the skies to prove I am the Messiah,[a] but the only proof I will give them is a miracle like that of Jonah, whose experiences proved to the people of Nineveh that God had sent him. My similar experience will prove that God has sent me to these people.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:29 to prove I am the Messiah, implied.

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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