One
day some teachers of religious law and Pharisees came to Jesus and said,
“Teacher, we want you to show us a miraculous sign to prove your authority.”
But Jesus replied, “Only
an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign; but the only
sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was
in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son
of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
“The people of Nineveh will
stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they
repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than
Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent. The queen of Sheba will also
stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for she came
from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Now someone greater than
Solomon is here—but you refuse to listen.
“When an evil spirit
leaves a person, it goes into the desert, seeking rest but finding none. Then
it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’ So it returns and finds its
former home empty, swept, and in order. Then the spirit finds seven other
spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there.
And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of
this evil generation.”
As
Jesus was speaking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, asking
to speak to him. Someone told Jesus, “Your mother and your brothers are
standing outside, and they want to speak to you.”
Jesus asked, “Who is my
mother? Who are my brothers?” Then he pointed to his disciples and
said, “Look, these are my mother and brothers. Anyone who does the
will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!”
~ Source : Matthew 12:38-50
[Holy Bible -NLT] taken from https://www.biblegateway.com
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