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40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights,[a] so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. 41 The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. And behold, something greater than Jonah is here. 42 The Queen of the South[b] will rise up at the judgment with this generation and 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.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:40 Jonah 2:1(1:17).
  2. Matthew 12:42 cf. Queen of Sheba; 1 Ki. 10:1-10; 2 Chr. 9:1-12.