^{The Holy Bible}

^Douay-Rheims

Matthew 12: 38 – 50

³⁸Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying: Master we would see a sign from thee. ³⁹Who answering said to them: An evil and adulterous generation seeketh a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. ⁴⁰For as Jonas was in the whale’s belly three days and three nights: so shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. ⁴¹The men of Ninive shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they did penance at the preaching of Jonas. And behold a greater than Jonas here. ⁴²The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold a greater than Solomon here. ⁴³ And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest, and findeth none. ⁴⁴Then he saith: I will return into my house from whence I came out. And coming he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. ⁴⁵Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man in made worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation. ⁴⁶As he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him. ⁴⁷And one said unto him: Behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without, seeking thee. ⁴⁸But he answering him that told him, said: Who is my mother, and who are my brethren? ⁴⁹And stretching forth his hand towards his disciples, he said: Behold my mother and my brethren. ⁵⁰For whosoever shall do the will of my Father, that is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.