29 As the crowds were increasing , He began to say , " This generation is a wicked generation ; it seeks for a sign , and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah . 30 "For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites , so will the Son of Man be to this generation . 31 "The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ; and behold , something greater than Solomon is here . 32 "The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah ; and behold , something greater than Jonah is here .
33 " No one , after lighting a lamp , puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket , but on the lampstand , so that those who enter may see the light . 34 " The eye is the lamp of your body ; when your eye is clear , your whole body also is full of light ; but when it is bad , your body also is full of darkness . 35 "Then watch out that the light in you is not darkness . 36 "If therefore your whole body is full of light , with no e dark part in it, it will be wholly illumined , as when the lamp illumines you with its rays ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 11:29-36
Commentary on Luke 11:29-36
(Read Luke 11:29-36)
Christ promised that there should be one sign more given, even the sign of Jonah the prophet; which in Matthew is explained, as meaning the resurrection of Christ; and he warned them to improve this sign. But though Christ himself were the constant preacher in any congregation, and worked miracles daily among them, yet unless his grace humbled their hearts, they would not profit by his word. Let us not desire more evidence and fuller teaching than the Lord is pleased to afford us. We should pray without ceasing that our hearts and understandings may be opened, that we may profit by the light we enjoy. And especially take heed that the light which is in us be not darkness; for if our leading principles be wrong, our judgment and practice must become more so.