Matthew 12:45

Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and dwell there, and the last state of that person becomes worse than the first. So will it be with this evil generation also.”

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

In Context

44Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept, and put in order.

46While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:24But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, that this man casts out demons.”

Matthew 21:38But when the farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take possession of his inheritance.’

Matthew 23:24You blind guides, who strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!

Mark 5:9Then Jesus asked him, “What is yoʋr name?” He answered, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”

Luke 11:26Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go and dwell there, and the last state of that person becomes worse than the first.”

Luke 19:41As he drew near to Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it,

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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