Matthew 12:44

Then he says, `I will return to my house that I left;' and he comes and finds it unoccupied, swept clean, and in good order.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

43"No sooner however has the foul spirit gone out of the man, then he roams about in places where there is no water, seeking rest but finding none.

45Then he goes and brings back with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they come in and dwell there; and in the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first. So will it be also with the present wicked generation."

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Cross References

Matthew 12:29Again, how can any one enter the house of a strong man and carry off his goods, unless first of all he masters and secures the strong man: then he will ransack his house.

Luke 11:21"Whenever a strong man, fully armed and equipped, is guarding his own castle, he enjoys peaceful possession of his property;

John 12:6The reason he said this was not that he cared for the poor, but that he was a thief, and that being in charge of the money-box, he used to steal what was put into it.

John 13:27Then, after Judas had received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. "Lose no time about it," said Jesus to him.

Acts 8:18When, however, Simon saw that it was through the laying on of the Apostles' hands that the Spirit was bestowed, 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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