Seeking a Sign(A)

29 (B)And while the crowds were thickly gathered together, He began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks a (C)sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah [a]the prophet. 30 For as (D)Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation. 31 (E)The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a (F)greater than Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for (G)they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:29 NU omits the prophet

29 As the ho · de crowds ochlos were getting epathroizō larger , Jesus began archō to say legō, · ho This houtos generation genea is eimi an evil ponēros generation genea; it looks for zēteō a sign sēmeion, but kai no ou sign sēmeion will be given didōmi to it autos except ei mē the ho sign sēmeion of Jonah Iōnas. 30 For gar as kathōs Jonah Iōnas became ginomai a sign sēmeion to the ho people of Nineveh Nineuitēs, so houtōs the ho Son hyios of ho Man anthrōpos will be eimi · kai a sign to ho this houtos generation genea. 31 The queen basilissa of the South notos will rise egeirō in en the ho judgment krisis with meta the ho men anēr of ho this houtos generation genea and kai will condemn katakrinō them autos, because hoti she came erchomai from ek the ho ends peras of the ho earth to hear akouō the ho wisdom sophia of Solomon Solomōn, and kai behold idou, something greater polys than Solomon Solomōn is here hōde. 32 The men anēr of Nineveh Nineuitēs will rise anistēmi up in en the ho judgment krisis with meta · ho this houtos generation genea and kai condemn katakrinō it autos, because hoti they repented metanoeō at eis the ho preaching kērygma of Jonah Iōnas, and kai behold idou, something greater polys than Jonah Iōnas is here hōde.

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