²⁴ “^(A)When the unclean spirit comes out of ^[a]a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it then 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 brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they come in and live there; and the last condition of that person becomes worse than the first.”

²⁷ 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 carried 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 follow 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)demands a ^[c]sign, and so no ^[d]sign will be given to it except the ^[e]sign of Jonah. ³⁰ For just as ^(F)Jonah became a ^[f]sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. ³¹ The ^(G)Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. ³² The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because ^(H)they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

³³ “^(I)No one lights a lamp and 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)Your 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 So watch out that the light in you is not darkness. ³⁶ Therefore if your whole body is full of light, without any dark part, it will be wholly illuminated, as when the lamp illuminates you with its light.”