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Matthew 12:38

36 But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”

39 Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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BSB
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
KJV
Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
WEB
Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
ASV
Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we would see a sign from thee.
DARBY
Then answered him some of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee.
BLB
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered Him, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
ÅB
Da svarte noen av de skriftlærde og fariseerne ham og sa: «Mester! vi vil gjerne se et tegn av deg.»
OTB
Da nærmet noen av de skriftlærde og fariseerne seg Ham og sa: «Mester, vi vil se et tegn fra Deg.»
B1930
Da svarte nogen av de skriftlærde og fariseerne ham og sa: Mester! vi vil gjerne se et tegn av dig.

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