Matthew 12:44

Then it says, I will return to my house from which I came; and when it comes, it finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

Revised King James 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 has gone out of a man, it passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.

45Then it goes, and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they enter in and live 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 12:29Or how can one enter a strong man's house, and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? and then he will plunder his house.

Luke 11:21When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his goods are safe:

John 12:6He said this, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the money box, and stole what was put in it.

John 13:27And after the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, What you do, do quickly.

Acts 8:18And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands 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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