Matthew 12:38-42

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

Pharisees Ask Jesus For a Sign. He Offers Only The Sign of Jonah: Three Days In a Grave

³⁸ Then some of the scribes and Pharisees responded to Him, saying “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You”. ³⁹ But the One, having responded, said to them— “An evil and adulterous^[a] generation is seeking-for a sign. And a sign will not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet. ⁴⁰ For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea-creature^[b], so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights^[c] in the heart of the earth.

The Ninevites Will Condemn This Generation, For They Repented At Jonah’s Message

⁴¹ “Ninevite men will rise-up at the judgment with this generation, and they will condemn it. Because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and behold— a greater thing than Jonah is here. ⁴² The Queen of the South will be raised at the judgment with this generation, and she will condemn it. Because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold— a greater thing than Solomon is here.