38. Some Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses said, “Teacher, we want you to show us a sign from heaven.”
39. But Jesus replied:You want a sign because you are evil and won't believe! But the only sign you will get is the sign of the prophet Jonah.
40. He was in the stomach of a big fish for three days and nights, just as the Son of Man will be deep in the earth for three days and nights.
41. On the day of judgment the people of Nineveh will stand there with you and condemn you. They turned to God when Jonah preached, and yet here is something far greater than Jonah.
42. The Queen of the South will also stand there with you and condemn you. She travelled a long way to hear Solomon's wisdom, and yet here is something much greater than Solomon.
43. When an evil spirit leaves a person, it travels through the desert, looking for a place to rest. But when the demon doesn't find a place,
44. it says, “I will go back to the home I left.” When it gets there and finds the place empty, clean, and tidy,
45. it goes off and finds seven other evil spirits even worse than itself. They all come and make their home there, and the person ends up in a worse state than before. That's how it will be with you evil people of today.
46. While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside because they wanted to talk with him.
47. Someone told Jesus, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to talk with you.”
48. Jesus answered, “Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”
49. Then he pointed to his disciples and said, “These are my mother and my brothers!
50. Anyone who obeys my Father in heaven is my brother or sister or mother.”