38. Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."

39. But he answered them,"An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

40. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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

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

43. When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.

44. Then he says, 'I will return into my house from which I came out,' and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

45. Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation."

16. Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

17. But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them,"Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.

18. If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

19. But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges.

20. But if I by God's finger cast out demons, then God's Kingdom has come to you.

21. "When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.

22. But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his plunder.

23. "He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn't gather with me scatters.

24. The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, 'I will turn back to my house from which I came out.'

25. When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.

26. Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first."

27. It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!"

28. But he said,"On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."

29. When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say,"This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.

30. For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.

31. The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.

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

33. "No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.

34. The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.

35. Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.

36. If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."