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## Matthew 12:38-41 in Context (Verses 35–44 KJV)
 
 [35 ](/kjv/matthew/12/35) A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
 
 [36 ](/kjv/matthew/12/36) But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
 
 [37 ](/kjv/matthew/12/37) For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
 
 [38 ](/kjv/matthew/12/38) ¶ Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
 
 [39 ](/kjv/matthew/12/39) But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
 
 [40 ](/kjv/matthew/12/40) For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
 
 [41 ](/kjv/matthew/12/41) The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas *is* here.
 
 [42 ](/kjv/matthew/12/42) The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon *is* here.
 
 [43 ](/kjv/matthew/12/43) When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
 
 [44 ](/kjv/matthew/12/44) Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth *it* empty, swept, and garnished.
 
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