29. As the crowds were increasing, He began saying: “This generation is an evil generation. It demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
30. For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.
31. The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and look — something greater than Solomon is here!
32. The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s proclamation, and look — something greater than Jonah is here!
33. “No one lights a lamp and puts it in the cellar or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see its light.
34. Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light. But when it is bad, your body is also full of darkness.
35. Take care then, that the light in you is not darkness.
36. If, therefore, your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be entirely illuminated, as when a lamp shines its light on you.”
37. As He was speaking, a Pharisee asked Him to dine with him. So He went in and reclined at the table.
38. When the Pharisee saw this, he was amazed that He did not first perform the ritual washing before dinner.
39. But the Lord said to him: “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and evil.
40. Fools! Didn’t He who made the outside make the inside too?
41. But give from what is within to the poor, , and then everything is clean for you.
42. “But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass justice and love for God. These things you should have done without neglecting the others.
43. “Woe to you Pharisees! You love the front seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
44. “Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves; the people who walk over them don’t know it.”
45. One of the experts in the law answered Him, “Teacher, when You say these things You insult us too.”