Daily Reading for Personal Growth, 40 Days with God

The Sign of Jonah^(A)

²⁹ Now as the crowds continued to throng around Jesus,^[a] he went on to say, “This people living today are^[b] an evil generation. It craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah, ³⁰ because just as Jonah became a sign^[c] to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation. ³¹ The queen of the south will stand up at the judgment and condemn the people living today,^[d] because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. But look, something greater than Solomon is here! ³² The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment and condemn the people living today,^[e] because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. But look, something greater than Jonah is here!”

The Lamp of the Body^(B)

³³ “No one lights a lamp and puts it in a hiding place^[f] or under a basket,^[g] but on a lamp stand, so that those who enter may see its light. ³⁴ Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. But when it’s evil, your body is full of darkness. ³⁵ Therefore, be careful that the light in you isn’t darkness. ³⁶ Now if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be as full of light as when a lamp gives you light with its rays.”