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The Unclean Spirit
1. THEN certain
of the Scribes and of the Pharisees answered saying, Master we would see
a sign from thee. 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.
2. Yea, 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, and
after he shall rise again.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. AGAIN he said: When the unclean spirit is gone out of any, he walketh through
dry places seeking rest, and finding none it saith, I will return into my house
from whence I came out. And when he is come he findeth it empty, swept and
garnished, for they asked not the Good Spirit to dwell within them, and be
their eternal Guest.
6. Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself,
and they enter in and dwell there, and the last state of all such is worse
than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation, which
refuseth entrance to the Spirit of God.
7. For I say unto you, whosoever blasphemeth the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven
them; but whoso blasphemeth the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven them either
in this age, or in the next, for they resist the Light of God, by the false
traditions of men.
8. WHILE, he yet talked to the people, behold his parents and his brethren
and his sisters stood without, desiring to speak with him. Then one said unto
him, Behold thy father and thy mother, and thy brethren and thy sisters stand
without, desiring to speak with thee.
9. But he answered and said unto him that told him; Who is my father and who
is my mother? and who are my brethren and my sisters?
10. And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples and said, Behold
my father and my mother, my brethren and sisters, and my children! For whosoever
shall do the will Of my Parent Who is in Heaven the same is my father and my
mother, my brother and my sister, my son and my daughter.
11. AND there were some Pharisees, who were covetous and proud of their riches,
and he said unto them, Take heed unto yourselves, and beware of covetousness,
for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of things which he possesseth.
12. And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich
man brought forth plentifully; and he thought within himself, saying, What
shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
13. And he said, This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and build greater;
and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
14. And I will say to my soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years,
take thine ease, drink and be merry.
15. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy life shall be required
of thee; then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
16. So are they that lay up treasures for themselves, and are not rich in good
works to them that need, and are in want.
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