24. “When an evil spirit comes out of a person, it travels through dry places, looking for a place to rest. But when it finds no place, it says, ‘I will go back to the house I left.’
25. And when it comes back, it finds that house swept clean and made neat.
26. Then the evil spirit goes out and brings seven other spirits more evil than it is, and they go in and live there. So the person has even more trouble than before.”
27. As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out to Jesus, “Blessed is the mother who gave birth to you and nursed you.”
28. But Jesus said, “No, blessed are those who hear the teaching of God and obey it.”
29. As the crowd grew larger, Jesus said, “The people who live today are evil. They want to see a miracle for a sign, but no sign will be given them, except the sign of Jonah.
30. As Jonah was a sign for those people who lived in Nineveh, the Son of Man will be a sign for the people of this time.