Matthew 12:44

Then he saith, I will return to my mansion, whence I came; and on his arrival, he findeth it unoccupied, swept, and furnished.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 is indeed gone out of a man, he traverses through places destitute of water, in search of rest, but cannot find it.

45Then 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. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:29Else how can one enter into a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, except he first bind the strong man, and then will he plunder his goods?

Luke 11:21When a strong man, in complete armour, guards his palace, his goods are in peace.

John 12:6Now he said this, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and kept the purse, and carried the money put therein.

John 13:27And after the sop, then entered Satan into him. Jesus saith to him, What thou doest, do quickly.

Acts 8:18Now when Simon saw, that by the imposition of the apostles’ hands, the Holy Ghost was given, 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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