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As the crowds were pressing upon him he began to say "This evil generation seeks a sign. A sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonas. For even as Jonas became a sign to the Ninevites (swallowed then regurgitated by a whale) so also will the Son of man be a sign to this generation. The queen of the south will be raised in judgement with the men of this generation and will condemn them. She came from the extremities of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Yet behold a greater one than Solomon is here. The men of the Ninevites will rise up in judgement of this
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generation and will condemn it. They repented at the proclamation of Jonas. And behold a greater than one than Jonas is here. No one having lit a lamp places it in a secret place nor under a bushel. But they put it on the lampstand so that people coming in may see the light. Your eye is the lamp for your body. When your eye is focussed so also the whole of your body is bright. But when it (the eye) is evil so also your body is dark. Therefore beware that whatever light is in you should be dim. If the whole of your body is bright, not with any part of it dark, then all of you will be lit up as with a lamp.
11:29-36
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