Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
39 "How evil and godless are the people of this day!" Jesus exclaimed. "You ask me for a miracle? No! The only miracle you will be given is the miracle of the prophet Jonah.
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He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
40 In the same way that Jonah spent three days and nights in the big fish, so will the Son of Man spend three days and nights in the depths of the earth.
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For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
41 On the Judgment Day the people of Nineveh will stand up and accuse you, because they turned from their sins when they heard Jonah preach; and I tell you that there is something here greater than Jonah!
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The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here.
42 On the Judgment Day the Queen of Sheba will stand up and accuse you, because she traveled all the way from her country to listen to King Solomon's wise teaching; and I assure you that there is something here greater than Solomon!
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The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.
43 "When an evil spirit goes out of a person, it travels over dry country looking for a place to rest. If it can't find one,
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“When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
44 it says to itself, "I will go back to my house.' So it goes back and finds the house empty, clean, and all fixed up.
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Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order.
45 Then it goes out and brings along seven other spirits even worse than itself, and they come and live there. So when it is all over, that person is in worse shape than at the beginning. This is what will happen to the evil people of this day."
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Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.”
46 Jesus was still talking to the people when his mother and brothers arrived. They stood outside, asking to speak with him.
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While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him.
47 So one of the people there said to him, "Look, your mother and brothers are standing outside, and they want to speak with you."
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Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”
48 Jesus answered, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?"
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He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?”
49 Then he pointed to his disciples and said, "Look! Here are my mother and my brothers!
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Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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