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The good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
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But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
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For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
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Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we desire to see a sign from thee.
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But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there no sign shall be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah;
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for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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The men of Nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, a greater than Jonah
is here.
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The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
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When the unclean spirit is gone out of the man, it walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.
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Then it says, I will return into my house from which I came out; and when it is come, it finds
it empty, swept, and garnished.
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Then it goes and takes with itself seven other spirits worse than itself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last
state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it also be unto this wicked generation.