27. Now it happened that as he said these things, a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!”
28. But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and follow it!”
29. And as the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation! It demands a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah!
30. For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, 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 people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here!
32. The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here!
33. “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a bushel basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.
34. Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is sincere, your whole body is full of light also. But when it is evil, your body is dark also.
35. Therefore pay careful attention that the light in you is not darkness!
36. If therefore your whole body is full of light, not having any part dark, it will be completely full of light, as when the lamp with its light gives light to you.”
37. And as he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to have a meal with him, and he went in and reclined at table.
38. And the Pharisee, when he saw it, was astonished that he did not first wash before the meal.
39. But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inside is full of greediness and wickedness.
40. Fools! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?