the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

Now as the crowds continued to throng around Jesus, he went on to say, "This people living today are an evil generation. It craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah,

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

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment and condemn the people living today, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. But look, something greater than Jonah is here!"