19 occurrences

'This Generation' in the Bible

And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

Thou wilt keep them, O Jehovah, Thou wilt preserve them from this generation for ever.

But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows

The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished.

And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, until all these things be accomplished.

Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like?

And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all things be accomplished.

Wherefore I was displeased with this generation, And said, They do always err in their heart: But they did not know my ways;

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