The Sign of Jonah

38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”(A)

39 He answered them,(B) “An evil and adulterous generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.(C)

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The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod

11 The(A) Pharisees(B) came and began to argue with him, demanding of him a sign(C) from heaven(D) to test(E) him. 12 Sighing deeply in his spirit,(F) he said, “Why does this generation(G) demand a sign? Truly I tell you,(H) no sign will be given to this generation.” 13 Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side.

14 The disciples had forgotten to take bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat. 15 Then(I) he gave them strict orders: “Watch out! Beware of the leaven[a](J) of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”(K) 16 They were discussing among themselves that they did not have any bread. 17 Aware of this, he said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact you have no bread? Don’t you understand or comprehend? Do you have hardened hearts?(L) 18 Do you have eyes and not see; do you have ears and not hear?[b](M) And do you not remember?(N) 19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of leftovers did you collect?”

“Twelve,” they told him.

20 “When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you collect?”

“Seven,” they said.

21 And he said to them, “Don’t you understand yet?” (O)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:15 Or yeast
  2. 8:18 Jr 5:21; Ezk 12:2

Interpreting the Time

54 He also said to the crowds,(A) “When you see a cloud rising in the west, right away you say, ‘A storm is coming,’ and so it does.(B) 55 And when the south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is. 56 Hypocrites!(C) You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why don’t you know how to interpret this present time?(D)

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