“When the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’

And He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children,

“Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it.

The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love respectful greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets,

In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

Wherever He entered villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places, and imploring Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were being cured.

In His teaching He was saying: “Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like respectful greetings in the market places,

and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets,

For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.