"But to what can I compare the leaders of this age? They are like little children sitting in the market places and calling to their fellows in the game,

But He answered, "Only a wicked and treacherous age is hankering for a spectacular sign, and no sign will be given it but the sign of the prophet Jonah.

The men of Nineveh will rise with the leaders of this age at the judgment and condemn them, for they turned to the message preached by Jonah, and there is more than Jonah here!

The queen of the south will rise with the leaders of this age at the judgment and condemn them, for she came from the farthest limits of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom, and there is more than Solomon here!

"Then it goes and gets seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and make their home there, and so the end of that man is worse than the beginning. This is the way it will be with the wicked leaders of this age."

The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the close of the age, the reapers are angels.

Just as the wild wheat plants are gathered and burned up, so it will be at the close of the age.

So it will be at the close of the age; the angels will go out and separate the wicked from the upright,

"It is a wicked and immoral age that is hankering for a spectacular sign, so no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah." Then He left them and went away.

I solemnly say to you, all this will come upon this age!

While He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to Him by themselves, and said, "Tell us when this is to take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age."

I solemnly say to you, the present age will not pass away before all this takes place.

and teach them to practice all the commands that I have given you. And I myself will surely be with you all the days, down to the very close of an age."

For whoever is ashamed of me and my teaching in this unfaithful, sinful age, then the Son of Man will be ashamed of him, when He comes back in His Father's splendor with the holy angels."

He shows His mercy from age to age to those who fear him.

So to what can I compare the men of this age, and what are they like?

Now as the crowds continued to throng upon Him, He began to say: "This is a wicked age. It is looking for a spectacular sign, but none will be given it but the sign of Jonah.

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this age.

The queen of the south will rise at the judgment with the men of this age and will condemn them, for she came from the very ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom; and yet, One who is more than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh will rise at the judgment with the men of this age and will condemn them, for they turned to the message preached by Jonah, and yet One who is more than Jonah is here.

so that the blood of all the prophets that has been shed from the creation of the world may be charged against the men of this age --

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against the men of this age.

But first He has to endure much suffering, and be disowned by this age.

But we do not know how it is that he now can see, or who it was that made his eyes to see. Ask him; he is of age; he can speak for himself."

This is why his parents said, "He is of age, ask him."

And I will ask I will ask the Father and He will give you another Helper, to remain with you to the end of the age;

With many more words he continued to testify and to plead with them to save themselves from that crooked age.

So where is your philosopher? Where is your man of letters? Where is your logician of this age? Has not God shown up the nonsense of the world's wisdom?

and how I outstripped many of my own age among my people in my devotion to the Jewish religion, because I surpassed all others in my zeal for the traditions handed down by my forefathers.

I mean this: As long as the heir is under age he is not a whit better off than a slave, although he is heir of all the property,

So when we were spiritually under age, we were slaves to the world's crude notions,

so that you may prove to be blameless and spotless, faultless children of God in a crooked and perverted age, in which you shine as light-bearers in the world as you continue

No widow under sixty years of age should be put on this roll. A widow must have had but one husband,

and have experienced how good God's message is and the mighty powers of the age to come,