27. While Jesus was still talking, a woman in the crowd spoke up, “The woman who gave birth to you and nursed you is blessed!”
28. Jesus replied, “That's true, but the people who are really blessed are the ones who hear and obey God's message!”
29. As crowds were gathering around Jesus, he said:You people of today are evil! You keep looking for a sign from God. But what happened to Jonah is the only sign you will be given.
30. Just as Jonah was a sign to the people of Nineveh, the Son of Man will be a sign to the people of today.
31. When the judgment comes, the Queen of the South will stand there with you and condemn you. She travelled a long way to hear Solomon's wisdom, and yet here is something far greater than Solomon.
32. The people of Nineveh will also stand there with you and condemn you. They turned to God when Jonah preached, and yet here is something far greater than Jonah.
33. No one lights a lamp and then hides it or puts it under a clay pot. A lamp is put on a lampstand, so that everyone who comes into the house can see the light.
34. Your eyes are the lamp for your body. When your eyes are good, you have all the light you need. But when your eyes are bad, everything is dark.
35. So be sure that your light isn't darkness.
36. If you have light, and nothing is dark, then light will be everywhere, as when a lamp shines brightly on you.
37. When Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him home for a meal. Jesus went and sat down to eat.
38. The Pharisee was surprised that he did not wash his hands before eating.
39. So the Lord said to him:You Pharisees clean the outside of cups and dishes, but on the inside you are greedy and evil.
40. You fools! Didn't God make both the outside and the inside?
41. If you would only give what you have to the poor, everything you do would please God.