Matthew 12:44

Then it says, I will return into my house from where I came out. And when it comes, it finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

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In The King James Version

Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

In Context

43But when the unclean spirit goes forth out of the man, it passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and finds it not.

45Then it goes, and takes with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having enter in, they dwell there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So it will also be to this evil generation.

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Cross References

Psalms 81:11But my people hearkened not to my voice, and Israel would none of me.

Matthew 12:29Or how can any man enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

Luke 11:21When the fully armed strong man guards his palace, the things possessed by him are in peace,

John 12:6Now he said this, not because it was a concern to him about the poor, but because he was a thief, and he had the purse and removed things that were put in.

John 13:27And after the morsel, then Satan entered into that man. Jesus therefore says to him, What thou do, do more quickly.

Acts 8:18Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he brought money to them,

Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:39-46

The Pharisees Ask a Sign. 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this… Read the whole commentary →

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