Matthew 12:38-40

EasyEnglish Bible

The Pharisees want to see Jesus do something powerful

³⁸ Then some teachers of God's Law and some Pharisees said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, we want to see you do something powerful. This will show us that God has really sent you.’

³⁹ Jesus replied, ‘The people who are alive today are very bad. They do not obey God, but they want God to show them something powerful. But God will not do this for them. They will only see the same powerful thing that God did for his prophet Jonah. ⁴⁰ Jonah stayed inside a big fish for three days and three nights.^[a] In the same way, the Son of Man will remain in the ground for three days and three nights.