12:39 But he answered them, 1 “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
Matthew 12:45
12:45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so 2 the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!”
1 tnGrk “But answering, he said to them.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation.
2 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the concluding point of the story.