Matthew 12:41

Modern English Version

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. And behold, One greater than Jonah is here.

Cross References

Isaiah 54:17

No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment, you shall condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of the Lord, and their vindication is from Me, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:11

The Lord said to me: Backsliding Israel has proved herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

Jonah 1:2

“Get up, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry out against it, because their wickedness has come up before Me.”

Jonah 3:4

Jonah began to enter the city, going a day’s walk. And he cried out, “In forty days’ time, Nineveh will be overthrown!”

Matthew 12:39

But He answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

Matthew 12:42

The Queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

Matthew 12:45

Then it goes and brings with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be also with this evil generation.”

Matthew 12:6

I say to you, in this place there is One who is greater than the temple.

Matthew 16:4

A wicked and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” So He left them and departed.

Matthew 17:17

Then Jesus answered, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.”

Matthew 23:36

Truly I say to you, all these things will come on this generation.

Luke 11:32

The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah. And behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

John 3:31

He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

John 4:12

Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock?”

Romans 2:27

Will the physically uncircumcised, if he fulfills the law, not judge you who, by the letter of the law and circumcision, violate the law?

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, being divinely warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to save his family, by which he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.