Matthew 12:44

Then he says, I will return to my own house whence I came out; and having come, he finds it empty, swept, and beautified.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

43And when the unclean spirit may go out from the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest, and finds none.

45Then he goes, and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and having come in dwells there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So it will also be with this wicked generation.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:29Or how is any one able to enter into the house of a strong man, and spoil his goods, unless he may first bind the strong man, and then he can spoil his house.

Luke 11:21When the strong man armed may keep his palace, his goods are in peace:

John 12:6And He spoke this, not because there was a care to him for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the purse, and was carrying those things cast in.

John 13:27And after the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus says to him; What thou art doing, do more quickly.

Acts 8:18But Simon seeing that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the Spirit was given, offered them money, saying,

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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