38Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we desire to see a sign from you.39But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.40For just as Jonah was in the belly of the sea monster three days and three nights, so the son of man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.41The men of Nineveh will arise in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.42The queen of the south will arise in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.43When the unclean spirit goes out from the man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest and does not find it.44Then it says, I will return to my house from which I went out; and when it comes, it finds it empty, swept, and put in order.45Then it goes and takes with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last things of that man become worse than the first. So it will be also with this evil generation.