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For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Matthew 12:40 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીમાથ્થી ૧૨:૪૦
કેમ કે જેમ યૂના ત્રણ રાતદિવસ મોટી માછલીના પેટમાં રહ્યો હતો, તેમ માણસનો દીકરો પણ ત્રણ રાતદિવસ પૃથ્વીના પેટાળમાં રહેશે.
हिन्दीमत्ती १२:४०
योना तीन रात-दिन महा मच्छ के पेट में रहा, वैसे ही मनुष्य का पुत्र तीन रात-दिन पृथ्वी के भीतर रहेगा।

In context

38Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

39But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

41The 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.

42The 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.

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