Matthew 12:44

Then it saith: I will return to my house, from which I came out. And it cometh, and findeth it vacated, and swept clean, and set in order.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 an unclean spirit goeth out of a man, it wandereth in places where is no water, and seeketh comfort and findeth it not.

45So it goeth and taketh with it seven other spirits, worse than itself, and they enter and dwell in it; and the end of that man is worse than his beginning. So will it be to this evil generation.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:29Or how can one enter the house of a strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? and then he may plunder his house.

Luke 11:21When a strong man armed keepeth his doorway, his property rests securely.

John 12:6And this he said, not be cause he cared for the poor, but because he was thief, and held the purse, and carried what was put in it.

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

Acts 8:18And when Simon saw that, by the imposition of a hand of the legates, the Holy Spirit 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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