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 The Son of David was the messiah. He was the one who fulfilled the promises God made to David (see: 2 Samuel 7). 
 
 See: Covenant with David; Messiah (Christ); Son of David; Fulfill (Fulfillment)
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 ### What was the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?
 
-1. Scholars think different things about how someone blasphemes the Holy Spirit.
+Scholars think different things about how someone blasphemes the Holy Spirit.
  
 1. Some scholars think Jesus spoke about people rejecting him. If someone does not believe in Jesus, then they will not be forgiven of their sins.
 
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 See: Sin; Blaspheme (Blasphemy); Holy Spirit; Miracle; Satan (The Devil)
 
-Why did Jesus talk about trees and fruit?
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+### Why did Jesus talk about trees and fruit?
 
 Jesus talked about trees and fruit. This was a metaphor. Scholars think different things about what this metaphor meant:
 
-Some scholars Jesus compared himself to a tree, and the miracles he did as the fruit. They think Jesus was telling the Pharisees that they could not say that his miracles were good, but that he, as a person, was bad.
+1. Some scholars Jesus compared himself to a tree, and the miracles he did as the fruit. They think Jesus was telling the Pharisees that they could not say that his miracles were good, but that he, as a person, was bad.
 
-Some scholars think Jesus was speaking about the Pharisees. That is, the things they did were different from the things they said they believed. 
+1. Some scholars think Jesus was speaking about the Pharisees. That is, the things they did were different from the things they said they believed. 
 
 
 See: Metaphor; Fruit (metaphor); Pharisees
 
-What did Jesus mean by calling the Pharisees the “offspring of vipers”?
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+### What did Jesus mean by calling the Pharisees the “offspring of vipers”?
 
 Some scholars think Jesus was saying the Pharisees were men whose ancestor was the serpent himself, that is, the Devil. Scholars think Jesus used the metaphor of a viper to show that the Pharisees were both evil and dangerous.
 
 See: Pharisees; metaphor
 
-What were the treasures of someone’s heart?
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+### What were the treasures of someone’s heart?
 
 The treasures of a person’s heart was a metaphor. That is, from deep within a person’s mind and soul comes what that person truly believes, whether good or evil.
 
 See: Heart (metaphor); Metaphor; Mind; Soul
-What is the day of judgment?
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+### What is the day of judgment?
 
 See: Day of Judgment
-How was someone justified?
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+### How was someone justified?
 
 See: Justify (Justification)
 
-How is someone condemned?
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+### How is someone condemned?
 
 See: Condemn (Condemnation)
 
-12:38-50
 
-What was an “adulterous generation”?
+## 12:38-50
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+### What was an “adulterous generation”?
 
 When Jesus spoke about an “adulterous generation” he used a metaphor. Some scholars think Jesus was speaking directly to the Scribes and Pharisees, and told them they were an “adulterous generation”. That is, the Scribes and Pharisees did not truly obey and follow God completely.
 
 See: Metaphor; Adultery; Generation; Scribe; Pharisees
 
-What was a sign?
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+### What was a sign?
 
 See: Sign
-What was the “sign of the prophet Jonah”?
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+### What was the “sign of the prophet Jonah”?
 
 Jonah was a prophet in ancient Israel (see: Jonah 1-4). He was swallowed by a very large fish and was in the fish for three days. After three days, he was released. Something like this was going to happen to Jesus. He would die and after three days, he would come back to life.
 
 See: Resurrect (Resurrection); Son of Man; Prophet; Sign
 
-Where was Nineveh?
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+### Where was Nineveh?
 
 See Map: Nineveh
-How were the people of Nineveh going to judge the Jews?
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+### How were the people of Nineveh going to judge the Jews?
 
 When Jesus spoke about standing up to judge the Jews, he used a metaphor. When God sent Jonah the prophet to Nineveh to speak for God, the people there repented. However, when God sent Jesus into the world, the Scribes and Pharisees rejected Jesus and the things he taught. Therefore in some way, this will serve as a judgment against people who do not repent from their evil ways, that they might obey and follow Jesus.
 
 See: Metaphor; Repent (Repentance); Prophet; Scribe; Pharisees; Judge (Judgment)
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 See Map: Nineveh
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 See: Jonah 3:1-10
-Who was the Queen of the South?
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+### Who was the Queen of the South?
 
 Jesus spoke about the queen of the south. He was thinking about the Queen of Sheba (see: 1 Kings 10). Her country was far to the south of Israel.
 
 See Map: Sheba
 
-What was an unclean spirit?
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+### What was an unclean spirit?
 
 See: Demon
 
-What were waterless places?
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+### What were waterless places?
 
 Waterless places referred to areas that were dry, or a desert. The demons wandered through those areas, but did not stay there.
 
 See: Demon
 
-What was meant by the words, “it finds that house swept out and put in order”?
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+### What was meant by the words, “it finds that house swept out and put in order”?
 
 When Jesus spoke about a house being “swept out and put in order” he used a metaphor. That is, he was speaking about a person who had a demon cast out from him. When that person did not believe in Jesus the house remained empty, and therefore able to be inhabited once again by demons.
 
 See: Metaphor; Demon; Demon Possession (Casting Out Demons)
-Who were Jesus’ mother and brothers?
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+### Who were Jesus’ mother and brothers?
 
 When Jesus was speaking, his mother and brothers wanted to speak with him. This was his mother Mary and her sons. Jesus told them about another type of mother and brother. Scholars think Jesus wanted people to know that people who obeyed God were his true family.
 
 See: Family of Jesus; Family of God
-What is the will of God?
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+### What is the will of God?
 
 See: Will of God