Matthew 12:44

Then he says: I will return to my house, out of which I came. And he comes and finds it empty, swept, and set in order.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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

43When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he goes through dry places seeking rest, and finds none.

45Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in and dwell there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be with this wicked generation.

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Cross References

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

Luke 11:21When the strong man armed keeps guard over his palace, his goods are in peace;

John 12:6But he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the purse, and took what was put in it.

John 13:27And after the morsel was given, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him: What you do, do quickly.

Acts 8:18And when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the hands of the apostles, he offered them money,

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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