Matthew 12:44

Then he saith, I will return unto the house from whence I came forth; and coming, he findeth it untenanted, cleansed, and decorated.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 the unclean spirit shall have gone forth from a child of man, he wandereth through places that have no waters in them, and seeketh repose, but findeth (it) not.

45Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits, than himself more wicked, and they enter and dwell in him. And the end of that man is worse than his beginning. So shall it be with this wicked race!

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Cross References

Matthew 12:29Or, how can one enter the strong one's house, and spoil his goods, unless he first bind the strong one? and then can he spoil his house.

Luke 11:21When the strong one armed keepeth his court, his possession is in peace;

John 12:6But this he said, not because for the poor he had care, but because he was a thief, and the purse was with him, and whatever fell into it he carried.

John 13:27Then after the bread Satana entered into him. And Jeshu said to him, What thou doest, do with speed!

Acts 8:18And when Simon saw that by the hand-laying of the apostles the Spirit of Holiness was given, he offered to them silver,

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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