Catholic Public Domain Version

Matthew 12:41-49 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

41. The men of Nineveh shall arise in judgment with this generation, and they shall condemn it. For, at the preaching of Jonah, they repented. And behold, there is a greater than Jonah here.

42. The Queen of the South shall arise in judgment with this generation, and she shall condemn it. For she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold, there is a greater than Solomon here.

43. Now when an unclean spirit departs from a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and he does not find it.

44. Then he says, 'I will return to my house, from which I departed'. And arriving, he finds it vacant, swept clean, and decorated.

45. Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and live there. And in the end, the man becomes worse than he was at first. So, too, shall it be with this most wicked generation."

46. While he was still speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak with him.

47. And someone said to him: "Behold, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, seeking you."

48. But responding to the one speaking to him, he said, "Which one is my mother, and who are my brothers?"

49. And extending his hand to his disciples, he said: "Behold: my mother and my brothers.