Matthew 12:44

Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' Having returned, it finds that house swept out 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

43When an unclean spirit has gone away from a man, it passes through waterless places and looks for rest, but does not find it.

45Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all come in to live there. Then the final condition of that man becomes worse than the first. It will be just like that with this evil generation.”

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Cross References

Psalms 81:11But my people did not listen to my words; 1 Israel did not obey me. 1

Matthew 12:29How can anyone enter the house of the strong man and steal his belongings without tying up the strong man first? Then he will steal his belongings from his house.

Luke 11:21When a strong man who is fully armed guards his own house, his goods are safe,

John 12:6Now he said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. He had the moneybag and would steal from what was put in it.

John 13:27Then after the bread, Satan entered into him, so Jesus said to him, “What you are doing, do it quickly.”

Acts 8:18Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, 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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