Matthew 12:39-50 ▼

39 And He answering said to them, “A generation, evil and adulterous, seeks a sign, and a sign will not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;

40 for as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

41 Men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they converted at the proclamation of Jonah, and behold, [One] greater than Jonah [is] here!

42 A queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, [One] greater than Solomon [is] here!

43 And when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it walks through dry places seeking rest and does not find;

44 then it says, I will return to my house from where I came forth; and having come, it finds [it] unoccupied, swept, and adorned:

45 then it goes, and takes with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having gone in they dwell there, and the last of that man becomes worse than the first; so will it also be to this evil generation.”

46 And while He was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and brothers had stood outside, seeking to speak to Him,

47 and one said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to You.”

48 And He answering said to him who spoke to Him, “Who is My mother? And who are My brothers?”

49 And having stretched forth His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Behold, My mother and My brothers!

50 For whoever may do the will of My Father who is in the heavens, He is My brother, and sister, and mother.”