# This generation is an evil generation. It seeks ... to it Here "generation" refers to the people in it. Alternate translation: "The people living at this time are evil people. They seek ... to them" or "You people living at this time are evil people. You seek ... to you" # It seeks a sign "It wants me to do a miracle to prove that I have come from God" # no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah "The only sign that will be given to this generation is the sign of Jonah" # no sign will be given to it "God will not give it a sign" # the sign of Jonah "what happened to Jonah" or "the miracle that God did for Jonah"