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Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ark, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.

Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I swore to give to your fathers,

This was the word of Yahweh which he spoke to Jehu, saying, Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. So it came to pass.

You will keep them, Yahweh, You will preserve them from this generation forever.

This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek your face -- even Jacob. Selah.

This will be written for the generation to come. A people which will be created will praise Yah.

"But what will I compare this generation to? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions

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 behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.

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

Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation."

Most assuredly I tell you, all these things will come on this generation.

Most assuredly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.

He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Most assuredly I tell you, there will no sign be given to this generation."

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."

Most assuredly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things are accomplished.

The Lord said, "To what then will I liken the men of this generation? What are they like?

When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.

For even as Jonah became 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 behold, one greater 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 behold, one greater than Jonah is here.