1 Maccabees - Chapter 15

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** Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, “Teacher, we would like you to show us a sign.” He replied, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but the only sign it will be given is the sign of the prophet Jonah. (Matthew 12:38-39) **