Matthew 12:44

Then he says, I will return to my house whence I came out; and having come, he finds [it] unoccupied, swept, and adorned.

Darby Translation

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 has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find [it].

45Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. Thus shall it be to this wicked generation also.

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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 one enter into the house of the strong [man] and plunder his goods, unless first he bind the strong [man]? and then he will plunder his house.

Luke 11:21When the strong [man] armed keeps his own house, his goods are in peace;

John 12:6But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into [it].

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

Acts 8:18But Simon, having seen that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the [Holy] Spirit was given, 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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