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Matthew 12:38

36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.

39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:

40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man 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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