Luke 11:29-36

The Sign of Jonah

29 1When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, 2"This generation is an evil generation. 3It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
30 For as 4Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
31 5The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and 6condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, 7something greater than Solomon is here.
32 8The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and 9condemn it, for 10they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, 11something greater than Jonah is here.

The Light in You

33 12"No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.
34 Your eye is 13the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is 14bad, your body is full of darkness.
35 15Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness.
36 If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, 16as when a lamp with its rays gives you light."

Cross References 16

  • 1. Luke 12:1
  • 2. For ver. 29-32, see Matthew 12:39-42; [Mark 8:11, 12]
  • 3. ver. 16; See Matthew 12:38
  • 4. Jonah 1:17
  • 5. 1 Kings 10:1; 2 Chronicles 9:1
  • 6. Hebrews 11:7; [Jeremiah 3:11; Ezekiel 16:51, 52; Romans 2:27]
  • 7. [Matthew 12:6]
  • 8. Jonah 1:2
  • 9. [See ver. 31 above]
  • 10. Jonah 3:5
  • 11. [See ver. 31 above]
  • 12. Luke 8:16; Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21
  • 13. Matthew 6:22, 23
  • 14. Deuteronomy 15:9
  • 15. [See ver. 34 above]
  • 16. [Matthew 5:16]
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