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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 would see a sign from thee."
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But He answered and said unto them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign, and there shall no sign 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 a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
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Then he saith, `I will return into my house from whence I came out.' And when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
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Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation."
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While He yet talked to the people, behold, His mother and His brethren stood outside, desiring to speak with Him.
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Then one said unto Him, "Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand outside, desiring to speak with thee."