'This Generation' in the Bible

And the LORD said to Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark: for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have shown thy strength to this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like to children sitting in the markets, and calling to their fellows,

The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

Verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

Verily I say to you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things shall be fulfilled.

And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek for a sign? Verily I say to you, There shall no sign be given to this generation.

Verily I say to you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things shall be done.

And the Lord said, To what then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

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

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth, to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater 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 Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.

But first he must suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation.

Verily I say to you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.