Matthew 12:43

"Whenever an unclean spirit leaves a man, it wanders through waterless places, seeking rest but finding none.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

In Context

42"The Queen of the South will rise in the judgment with this generation, and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and lo! a greater than Solomon is here!

44"Then it says, "‘I will go back to my house which I left’;and on arrival finds it empty, swept, and garnished.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:29"You Son of God," they shouted, "what have you to do with us? Are you come to torment us before the time?"

Luke 8:28When he saw Jesus he cried out, and fell down before him, and in a loud voice exclaimed. "What have we to do with you, Jesus, you son of God Most High? I implore you to torment me not!"

Acts 8:13And Simon himself also believed, and after his baptism he remained with Philip, and was full of amazement as he beheld the signs and striking miracles which were performed.

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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