Matthew 12:39-50 ▼

39 But he answered and said to them, |An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

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

41 The people of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and look, something greater than Jonah is here.

42 The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from a distant land to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and look, someone greater than Solomon is here.

43 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the person, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and does not find it.

44 Then he says, 'I will return into my house from which I came out,' and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

45 Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that person becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation.|

46 While he was yet speaking to the crowds, look, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.

47 Then one said to him, |Look, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to you.|

48 But he answered him who spoke to him, |Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?|

49 And he stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said, |Look, my mother and my brothers.

50 For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.|