Matthew 12:43

When an evil spirit leaves someone, it wanders through deserted places looking for rest, and finds nowhere to stay.

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In The King James Version

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

In Context

42The Queen of the South will be raised in the judgment together with this generation and will condemn it because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon—and as you see, there's someone greater than Solomon here!

44So it says, ‘I'll go back to the place I left,’ and when it returns it finds the place empty, all clean and tidy.

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Cross References

Job 2:2The Lord asked Satan, “What have you been doing?” “Traveling around on earth, going here and there,” Satan replied.

Isaiah 35:6The lame will jump like a deer, and the dumb will sing for joy. Springs will gush in the wilderness; streams will flow in the desert.

Ezekiel 47:8He told me, “This water flows out into the land to the east and into the Arabah. When it arrives at the Dead Sea, it turns the saltwater fresh.

Matthew 8:29They shouted out, “What have you got to do with us, you Son of God? Have you come to torture us before our time?”

Luke 8:28When he saw Jesus he screamed, fell down at Jesus' feet, and asked in a loud voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Please don't torture me, I beg you!”

Acts 8:13Simon too believed and was baptized. He accompanied Philip, amazed at the miraculous signs and wonders he saw.

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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