²⁴ “^(A)When the unclean spirit goes out of ^[a]a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ ²⁵ And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order. ²⁶ Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”

²⁷ Now it happened that while ^[b]Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “^(B)Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed.” ²⁸ But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are ^(C)those who hear the word of God and keep it.”

The Sign of Jonah

²⁹ Now as the crowds were increasing, He began to say, “^(D)This generation is a wicked generation; it ^(E)seeks ^[c]a sign, and yet no ^[d]sign will be given to it but the ^[e]sign of Jonah. ³⁰ For just as ^(F)Jonah became ^[f]a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. ³¹ The ^(G)Queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold, something greater than Solomon is here. ³² The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because ^(H)they repented at the preaching of Jonah. And behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

³³ “^(I)No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light. ^34 (J)The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is ^[g]clear, your whole body also is full of light, but when it is ^[h]bad, your body also is full of darkness. ³⁵ Therefore watch out that the light in you is not darkness. ³⁶ If therefore your whole body is full of light, with no dark part in it, it will be wholly illumined, as when the lamp illumines you with its rays.”