For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but not finding any. Then it says, 'I will return to the home I left.'

Then people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table in the kingdom of God.

Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,

Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

"Beware of the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

There will be great earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven.