33. "If you make a tree good, its fruit will be good. If you make a tree bad, its fruit will be bad. You can tell a tree by its fruit.
34. "You nest of poisonous snakes! How can you who are evil say anything good? Your mouths say everything that is in your hearts.
35. A good man says good things. These come from the good that is put away inside him. An evil man says evil things. These come from the evil that is put away inside him.
36. But here is what I tell you. On judgment day, people will have to account for every careless word they have spoken.
37. By your words you will be found guilty or not guilty."
38. Some of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law came to Jesus. They said, "Teacher, we want to see a miraculous sign from you."
39. He answered, "Evil and unfaithful people ask for a miraculous sign! But none will be given except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
40. Jonah was in the stomach of a huge fish for three days and three nights. Something like that will happen to the Son of Man. He will spend three days and three nights in the grave.