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The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.
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I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
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For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
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Then certain of the Sofrim and Perushim answered, saying, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."
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But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will no sign be given it but the sign of Yonah, the prophet.
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For as Yonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the eretz.
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The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Yonah; and behold, someone greater than Yonah is here.
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The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the eretz to hear the wisdom of Shlomo; and behold, someone greater than Shlomo is here.
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But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.
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Then he says, 'I will return into my house whence I came out,' and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.
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Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation."