38Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered him saying: Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee. 39But he answering said to them: An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet. 40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the fish, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41Men of Nineveh will rise in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, a greater than Jonah is here. 42A queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
43But when the unclean spirit is gone out from the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest, and finds it not. 44Then he says, I will return into my house from whence I came out and coming he finds it empty, swept, and set in order. 45Then he goes, and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So shall it be also with this wicked generation.
46While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers were standing without, seeking to speak to him. 47And one said to him: Behold, thy mother and thy brothers are standing without, seeking to speak to thee. 48But he answering said to him that told him: Who is my mother, and who are my brothers? 49And stretching forth his hand toward his disciples, he said: Behold my mother and my brothers! 50For whoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
XIII. And on that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the sea-side. 2And great multitudes were gathered together to him, so that he went into the ship and sat down; and all the multitude stood on the beach. 3And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying:
4Behold, the sower went forth to sow. And as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and the birds came and devoured them. 5And others fell on the rocky places, where they had not much earth; and forthwith they sprang up, because they had not depth of earth. 6And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had not root, they withered away. 7And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns came up, and choked them. 8And others fell on the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9He that has ears to hear, let him hear[9].
10And the disciples came and said to him: Why dost thou speak to them in parables? 11And he answering said to them: To you it is given[11] to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it is not given. 12For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, even what he has shall be taken from him. 13Therefore I speak to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor understand. 14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says:
With the hearing ye will hear, and will not understand;
And seeing ye will see, and will not perceive.
15For the heart of this people is become gross,
And their ears are dull of hearing,