¹² He sighed deeply^(A) and said, “Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to it.”

³⁴ He looked up to heaven^(A) and with a deep sigh^(B) said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”).

³⁹ He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.^{(A) 40} For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish,^(B) so the Son of Man^(C) will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.^(D)

Belief and Unbelief Among the Jews

³⁷ Even after Jesus had performed so many signs^(A) in their presence, they still would not believe in him. ³⁸ This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet:

³⁹ For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:

⁴¹ Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory^(D) and spoke about him.^(E)

⁴² Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him.^(F) But because of the Pharisees^(G) they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue;^{(H) 43} for they loved human praise^(I) more than praise from God.^(J)

⁴ A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.”^(A) Jesus then left them and went away.

The Sign of Jonah^(A)

²⁹ As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign,^(B) but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.^{(C) 30} For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.

³³ When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved^(A) in spirit and troubled.^{(B) 34} “Where have you laid him?” he asked.

“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.

³⁵ Jesus wept.^(C)

³⁶ Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”^(D)

³⁷ But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man^(E) have kept this man from dying?”^(F)

Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead

³⁸ Jesus, once more deeply moved,^(G) came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.^(H)

⁶⁷ “If you are the Messiah,” they said, “tell us.”

Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe me, ⁶⁸ and if I asked you, you would not answer.^{(A) 69} But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.”^(B)

⁷⁰ They all asked, “Are you then the Son of God?”^(C)

He replied, “You say that I am.”^(D)

⁴¹ As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it^(A)