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Matthew 12:44

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

45Then it goes and brings back seven other spirits even more evil than it is, and it enters and lives there. So the person ends up worse than they were at the beginning. That's the way it will be with this evil generation.”

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Cross References

Psalms 81:11But my people didn't listen to me. Israel didn't want anything to do with me.

Matthew 12:29Can you enter a strong man's house and take his belongings unless you tie him up first? If you do that then you can take everything in his house.

Luke 11:21When a strong man who is fully armed guards his house, all he owns is safe.

John 12:6He wasn't saying this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was the one who looked after the disciples' money and he often took some for himself.

John 13:27After dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot. Once Judas had taken the bread, Satan entered him. “What you're going to do, do it quickly,” Jesus told him.

Acts 8:18When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given when the apostles placed their hands on people, 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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