The People Want a Miracle^(A)

²⁹ As the crowd grew larger, Jesus ·said [began to say], “·The people who live today are evil [^LThis generation is an evil/wicked generation]. They ·want to see [seek] a ·miracle for a sign [^Lsign], but no sign will be given them, except the sign of Jonah [Matt. 12:39–40].

³⁰ As Jonah was a sign for those people who lived in Nineveh, the Son of Man will be a sign for ·the people of this time [this generation].

⁵ The people of Nineveh believed God. They ·announced that they would fast [called for/decreed a fast], and they put on ·rough cloth [burlap; sackcloth; ^Cto show their sorrow and repentance]. All the people in the city did this, from the ·most important to the least important [^Lgreatest to the least].