39 In reply he said to them: “A wicked and adulterous* generation keeps on seeking a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Joʹnah the prophet.+ 40 For just as Joʹnah was in the belly of the huge fish for three days and three nights,+ so the Son of man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.+

4 A wicked and adulterous* generation keeps seeking a sign, but no sign will be given it+ except the sign of Joʹnah.”+ With that he went away, leaving them behind.

29 When the crowds were massing together, he began to say: “This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Joʹnah.+ 30 For just as Joʹnah+ became a sign to the Ninʹe·vites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.