Matthew 12:44
Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
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Psalms 81:11But my people hearkened not to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
Matthew 12:29Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
Luke 11:21When the strong man fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace:
John 12:6Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.
John 13:27And after the sop, then entered Satan into him. Jesus therefore saith unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
Acts 8:18Now when Simon saw that through the laying on 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 →