Still unbelieving, this recreant generation clamors for a sign; and no sign will be given other than the sign that was given to the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was in the great whale for three days and nights, so the Son of Man will be buried three days and nights in the earth.

Truly, there will come a day when the inhabitants of Nineveh, the City of Thieves, will stand in judgment of this generation, and condemn it; for they repented because of the preaching of Jonah, and now a greater than Jonah stands before you.

The Queen of Sheba will also rise in judgment of this generation, and condemn it; for she traveled a great distance to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater wisdom than Solomon has come.

How can I describe this generation? They are like children sitting in the market place, calling to their friends: "We played merrily on our flutes; but you wouldn't dance, or sing. So we played a dirge; but you refused to be sad."

John, the forerunner, came and lived among you in austerity. Everyone said: "He must have a demon." Now the Son of Man has come to you, enjoying life to its full; and you say: "A drunkard and a glutton, the friend of low-life's and sinners!" With such brilliance you justify your own inconsistencies.

Oh generation, who live your lives based on lies: how can you, being truthless, say anything worth hearing? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

When it is evening, you say: "It will be fair weather, for the sky is red." And in the morning you say: "It will be foul weather today, for the sky is threatening." You can accurately forecast a change in the weather. Can't you discern the signs of the changing times?

Come, all you who are tired, oppressed, and sick of life, and I will give you wonderful rest! Receive my words, and let me teach you, for I am gentle and kind. At last you will find rest for your souls! For that which I ask of you is for your benefit, and that which I give you to carry is light.

Those of you who have chosen to follow me in this generation will one day sit upon thrones, and judge kingdoms and those who have hardened their hearts and turned away from these righteous words.

Know this: if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and take you to be there with me; so that where I am, there you may be also. Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I must go away, but I will come again to you. If you truly loved me, you would rejoice, because I go to the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

Do not wonder what I mean when I say: A little while, and you will not see me; and not long after that, you will see me again. You will weep and be sad; but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful; but your sorrow will be turned to joy.

A woman, when she is in childbirth, has pain and agony; but as soon as she has delivered the child she forgets the anguish, because of the joy that her child is born into the world. For a moment you may experience sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will be able to take your joy from you.

If you love me, then keep my commandments. And I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Comforter to be with you forever. He is the Spirit of truth. The world does not accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you will know him, for he will dwell with you, and will be in you.

I will not leave you comfortless. Now it is necessary for you that I go away; for if I do not leave, the Comforter, the Holy spirit, will not come to you. If I depart, I will send him to you.

When he has come, he will reveal to the world what is sin, and what is righteousness and judgment. Sin, because they do not believe in me; righteousness, because I go to my Father, and you will not see me; judgment, because the evil power of the prince of this world has been shattered.

I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot understand them now. However, when the Spirit of truth has come, He will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak of himself; but whatever he hears, that he will speak, showing you that which is to come.

He will praise me and glorify me, by revealing my glory to you. Remember: all the Father's glory is mine as well. This is why I am able to make this promise to you: the Spirit will reveal my divine nature to you. If your child asked bread of you, would you offer a stone? If your child asked for fish to eat, would you offer a snake? Would you give a scorpion to the little one who asked for an egg?

If you then, being earthly, know how to provide for your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?

When the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, whom I will send to you from the Father, has come, he will testify of me. He will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I have told you.