Matthew 12:45
then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and so the last state of that man is worse than the first. And thus shall it be to this wicked generation.
1770 John Worsley NT
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Matthew 12:24which the pharisees hearing, said, "He only casts out demons by the help of Beelzebub the prince of the devils."
Matthew 21:38But when the husbandmen saw the Son, they said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and seize on his inheritance:
Matthew 23:24Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
Mark 5:9And He asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Luke 11:26Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and so the last state of that man is worse than the first.
Luke 19:41And as He drew near, beholding the city, He wept over it,
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 →