en_tn/mat/12/38.md

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Jesus rebukes the unbelieving scribes and Pharisees because they demanded that he perform a sign after he had healed the blind, demon possessed man.

wish

"want"

evil and adulterous generation

People living at this time loved doing evil and were unfaithful to God.

no sign will be given to it

“God will not give a sign to this evil and adulterous generation.” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

the sign of Jonah

This could be translated as “what happened to Jonah” or “the miracle that God did for Jonah” (See:rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

in the heart of the earth

inside a physical grave (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)