Matthew 12:44 “Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it f…”

Matthew 12:44

Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

Then he says, ‘I will return into my house from which I came;’ and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then he saith, I wil returne into mine house from whence I came: and when he is come, he findeth it emptie, swept and garnished.

Darby Translation

Then he says, I will return to my house whence I came out; and having come, he finds [it] unoccupied, swept, and adorned.

Young's Literal Translation

then it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth; and having come, it findeth [it] unoccupied, swept, and adorned:

Bible in Basic English

Then he says, I will go back into my house from which I came out; and when he comes, he sees that there is no one in it, but that it has been made fair and clean.

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Cross references

“my”

1 John 4:4 Matthew 12:29 John 13:27 Ephesians 2:2 Luke 11:21 Luke 11:22

1 John 4:4 · BSB

You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

Matthew 12:29 · BSB

Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

John 13:27 · BSB

And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”

Ephesians 2:2 · BSB

in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.

Luke 11:21 · BSB

When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.

Luke 11:22 · BSB

But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.

“he findeth”

1 Corinthians 11:19 1 John 2:19 Matthew 13:20–22 Hosea 7:6 John 12:6 John 13:2

1 Corinthians 11:19 · BSB

And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.

1 John 2:19 · BSB

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

Matthew 13:20–22 · BSB

The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

Hosea 7:6 · BSB

For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

John 12:6 · BSB

Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.

John 13:2 · BSB

The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

43When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.

45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”

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