Matthew 12:44
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.
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Psalms 81:11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would not obey me.
Matthew 12:29Or else, how can one enter into a strong man's house, and seize his goods, except he shall first bind the strong man? and then he will plunder his house.
Luke 11:21When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
John 12:6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bore what was put in it.
John 13:27And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus to him, What thou doest, 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 →