mnt - Matthew:12:38-45

mnt@Matthew:12:38 @ Then some of the Scribes and Pharisees accosted him. "Teacher," they said, "we want to see some sign from you."

mnt@Matthew:12:39 @ In reply Jesus told them. "An evil and faithless generation seeks a sign, and no sign will be given them except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

mnt@Matthew:12:40 @ "For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the sea- monsters belly, so the Son of man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

mnt@Matthew:12:41 @ "The men of Nineveh will stand up in the Judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented under the preaching of Jonah, and lo! a greater than Jonah is here!

mnt@Matthew:12:42 @ "The Queen of the South will rise in the judgment with this generation, and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and lo! a greater than Solomon is here!

mnt@Matthew:12:43 @ "Whenever an unclean spirit leaves a man, it wanders through waterless places, seeking rest but finding none.

mnt@Matthew:12:44 @ "Then it says, "I will go back to my house which I left;and on arrival finds it empty, swept, and garnished.

mnt@Matthew:12:45 @ "Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits worse than itself; and they enter in and dwell there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be with this wicked generation."