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But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterousgenerationcraves for a sign; and yet nosign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet;
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for just as JONAH WAS THREEDAYS AND THREENIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEAMONSTER, so will the Son of Man be threedays and threenights in the heart of the earth.
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"The men of Nineveh will stand up with thisgeneration at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
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"The Queen of the South will rise up with thisgeneration at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
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"Then it goes and takesalong with it sevenotherspiritsmorewicked than itself, and they go in and livethere; and the last state of that manbecomesworse than the first. That is the way it will also be with thisevilgeneration."