³¹ “To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

⁴¹ Jesus answered, “O ^(A)faithless and twisted generation, ^(B)how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”

The Sign of Jonah

^29 (A)When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, ^(B)“This generation is an evil generation. ^(C)It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

³⁰ For as ^(A)Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.

^31 (A)The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and ^(B)condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, ^(C)something greater than Solomon is here.

^32 (A)The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and ^(B)condemn it, for ^(C)they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, ^(D)something greater than Jonah is here.

⁵⁰ so that ^(A)the blood of all the prophets, shed ^(B)from the foundation of the world, may be ^(C)charged against this generation,

⁵¹ from the blood of ^(A)Abel to the blood of ^(B)Zechariah, who perished between ^(C)the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be ^(D)required of this generation.