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'This Generation' in the Bible

To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?

And when the crowds were thronging about him, he began to say, This generation is a wicked generation; it seeketh a sign; and no sign will be given it, but the sign of Jonah.

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of man be to this generation.

The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo! something more than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and lo! something more than Jonah is here.

that the blood of all the prophets, which hath been shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was slain between the altar and the temple. Yea, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.

Truly do I say to you, that this generation will not pass away, till all shall have taken place.