23He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathers not with me scatters abroad.
24When the unclean spirit is gone out from the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and not finding it, he says, I will return into my house whence I came out. 25And coming, he finds it swept and set in order. 26Then 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.
27And it came to pass, as he was saying these things, that a certain woman lifting up her voice from the multitude, said to him: Happy the womb that bore thee, and breasts which thou didst suck! 28And he said: Yea, rather, Happy they who hear the word of God, and keep it!
29And the multitudes gathering more and more, he began to say: This generation is an evil generation. It seeks a sign; and no sign shall be given it, but the sign of Jonah. 30For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
31A queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them; because she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. 32Men 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.
33No one, having lighted a lamp, puts it in a secret place, or under the bushel, but on the lamp-stand, that they who come in may see the light. 34The lamp of the body is thine eye. When thine eye is single, thy whole body also is light; but when it is evil, thy body also is dark. 35Take heed therefore, lest the light that is in thee is darkness[35]. 36If therefore thy whole body is light, having no part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp, with its bright shining, gives thee light.
37And as he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him and he went in, and reclined at table. 38And the Pharisee, seeing it, wondered that he did not first immerse himself before dinner. 39And the Lord said to him: Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of rapacity and wickedness. 40Fools! Did not he, who made the outside, make the inside also? 41But give that which ye have in alms[41]; and, behold, all things are clean to you.
42But woe to you, Pharisees! because ye pay tithe of mint and rue and every herb, and pass by judgment and the love of God. These ought ye to have done, and not leave those undone.
43Woe to you, Pharisees! because ye love the first seat in the synagogues, and the greetings in the markets.
44Woe to you! because ye are as tombs that appear not, and men walking over them know it not.