12:38 Then some of the experts in the law ¹  along with some Pharisees ²  answered him, ³  “Teacher, we want to see a sign ⁴  from you.” 12:39 But he answered them, ⁵  “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 12:40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish ⁶  for three days and three nights, ⁷  so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. 12:41 The people ⁸  of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them ⁹  – and now, ¹⁰  something greater than Jonah is here!