But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
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The verse 39 is found in chapter 12 of Matthew. The request for a sign receives the answer of the sign of Jonah. Jesus shifts the demand for proof toward his own death and vindication and warns that rejecting present revelation can leave a person in a worse spiritual condition.
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Und er antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Die böse und ehebrecherische Art sucht ein Zeichen; und es wird ihr kein Zeichen gegeben werden denn das Zeichen des Propheten Jona.
Y Él respondió, y les dijo: La generación mala y adulterina demanda señal; mas señal no le será dada, sino la señal de Jonás profeta.
Il leur répondit: Une génération méchante et adultère demande un miracle; il ne lui sera donné d'autre miracle que celui du prophète Jonas.
Ma egli, rispondendo, disse loro: La malvagia, e adultera generazione richiede un segno; ma niun segno le sarà dato, se non il segno del profeta Giona.
Mas ele lhes respondeu, e disse: Uma geração má e adúltera pede um sinal, porém, não se lhe dará outro sinal senão o do profeta Jonas;
耶穌回答他們:「邪惡淫亂的世代求看神蹟,除了先知 約拿 的神蹟以外,再沒有神蹟給他們看了。
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