Matthew 12:39

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 16:4

16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then ²  he left them and went away.

James 4:4

4:4 Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? ³  So whoever decides to be the world’s friend makes himself God’s enemy.

¹ tn Grk “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 “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

³ tn Grk “is hostility toward God.”