37. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
38. Then some of the experts in the law along with some Pharisees answered him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
39. But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
40. For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
41. The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them – and now, something greater than Jonah is here!
42. The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon – and now, something greater than Solomon is here!
43. “When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.
44. Then it says, ‘I will return to the home I left.’ When it returns, it finds the house empty, swept clean, and put in order.