because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and mark!
there is One greater than Jonah here.
012:042 The Queen of the south will awake at the Judgement together
with the present generation, and will condemn it; because she
came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon,
and mark! there is One greater than Solomon here.
012:043 "No sooner however has the foul spirit gone out of the man,
then he roams about in places where there is no water,
seeking rest but finding none.
012:044 Then he says, `I will return to my house that I left;'
and he comes and finds it unoccupied, swept clean,
and in good order.
012:045 Then he goes and brings back with him seven other spirits more
wicked than himself, and they come in and dwell there; and in
the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first.
So will it be also with the present wicked generation."
012:046 While He was still addressing the people His mother and His
brothers were standing on the edge of the crowd desiring
to speak to Him.
012:047 So some one told Him, "Your mother and your brothers are
standing outside, and desire to speak to you."
012:048 "Who is my mother?" He said to the man; "and who are my brothers?"
012:049 And pointing to His disciples He added, "See here are my mother
and my brothers.
012:050 To obey my Father who is in Heaven--that is to be my brother
and my sister and my mother."
013:001 That same day Jesus had left the house and was sitting on
the shore of the Lake,
013:002 when a vast multitude of people crowded round Him.
He therefore went on board a boat and sat there, while all