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Good people bring out good things from their good treasure. But evil people bring out evil things from their evil treasure.
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I tell you that people will have to answer on Judgment Day for every useless word they speak.
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By your words you will be either judged innocent or condemned as guilty."
Request for a sign
38 At that time some of the legal experts and the Pharisees requested of Jesus, "Teacher, we would like to see a sign from you."
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But he replied, “An evil and unfaithful generation searches for a sign, but it won't receive any sign except Jonah's sign.
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Just as Jonah was in the whale's belly for three days and three nights, so the Human One will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
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The citizens of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it as guilty, because they changed their hearts and lives in response to Jonah's preaching. And look, someone greater than Jonah is here.
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The queen of the South will be raised up by God at the judgment with this generation and condemn it because she came from a distant land to hear Solomon's wisdom. And look, someone greater than Solomon is here.
Unclean spirit seeking a home
43 " When an unclean spirit leaves a person, it wanders through dry places looking for a place to rest. But it doesn't find any.
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Then it says, ‘I'll go back to the house I left.' When it arrives, it finds the place vacant, cleaned up, and decorated.
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Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself. They go in and make their home there. That person is worse off at the end than at the beginning. This is the way it will be also for this evil generation."