Matthew 12:44

Then he says, ‘I will return to my house, from which I departed’. And arriving, he finds it vacant, swept clean, and decorated.

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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

43Now when an unclean spirit departs from a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and he does not find it.

45Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and live there. And in the end, the man becomes worse than he was at first. So, too, shall it be with this most wicked generation.”

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Cross References

Matthew 12:29Or how can anyone enter into the house of a strong man, and plunder his belongings, unless he first restrains the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

Luke 11:21When a strong armed man guards his entrance, the things that he possesses are at peace.

John 12:6Now he said this, not out of concern for the needy, but because he was a thief and, since he held the purse, he used to carry what was put into it.

John 13:27And after the morsel, Satan entered into him. And Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.”

Acts 8:18But when Simon had seen that, by the imposition of the hands of the Apostles, the Holy Spirit was given, 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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