Matthew 12:44

Then it says ‘I will go back to the home which I left’; but, on coming there, it finds it unoccupied, and swept, and put in order.

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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

43No sooner does a foul spirit leave a person, than it passes through places where there is no water, in search of rest, and does not find it.

45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in, and make their home there; and the last state of that man proves to be worse than the first. So, too, will it be with this wicked generation.”

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Cross References

Psalms 81:11“But my people did not listen to my voice, Israel would have none of me.

Matthew 12:29How, again, can anyone get into a strong man’s house and carry off his goods, without first securing him? Not until then will he plunder his house.

Luke 11:21When a strong man is keeping guard, fully armed, over his own mansion, his property is in safety;

John 12:6He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, being in charge of the purse, used to take what was put in it.

John 13:27and it was then, after he had received it, that Satan took possession of him. So Jesus said to him, “Do at once what you are going to do.”

Acts 8:18When Simon saw that it was through the placing of the apostles’ hands on them that the Spirit was given, he brought them a sum of money and said,

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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