38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. |
39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: |
40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. |
41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. |
42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. |
43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. |
44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. |
45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. |
46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. |
47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. |
48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? |
