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“But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another,
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The people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and see, something greater than Jonah is here!
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The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and see, something greater than Solomon is here!
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Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and live there; and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So will it be also with this evil generation.”
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Truly I tell you, all this will come upon this generation.
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Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place.
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And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
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Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
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Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place.
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“To what then will I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?
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The Sign of Jonah
When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
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For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be to this generation.
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The queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and see, something greater than Solomon is here!
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The people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and see, something greater than Jonah is here!
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so that this generation may be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world,
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from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation.
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And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.
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But first he must endure much suffering and be rejected by this generation.
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Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things have taken place.
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And he testified with many other arguments and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”
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In former generations this mystery was not made known to humankind, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:
