Matthew 12:44 - English Majority Text Version 2009

⁴⁴ Then he says, 'I will return to my house from where I came out.' And when he comes, he finds it unoccupied, swept, and adorned.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁴ Then it says, I will go back to my house from which I came out. And when it arrives, it finds the place unoccupied, swept, put in order, and decorated.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

⁴⁴ Then it says, ‘I’ll go back to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the place vacant, cleaned up, and decorated.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁴ Then he says, 'I will return to my house, from which I departed'. And arriving, he finds it vacant, swept clean, and decorated.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁴ Then he saith: I will return into my house from whence I came out. And coming he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

Matthew 12:44 Cross References

Matthew 12:29

Or how is one able to enter a strong [man's] house to plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong [man]? And then he will plunder his household.

Matthew 12:43

"When an unclean spirit goes out from a man, he goes through waterless places, seeking rest, and does not find [any].

Matthew 12:45

Then he goes and takes along with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and entering in they dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Thus it shall also be for this wicked generation."

Luke 11:25

And coming, he finds it swept and adorned.

John 12:6

This he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to pilfer the things which were placed in it.

John 13:2

And after supper, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him,

John 13:27

And after the piece of bread, then Satan entered him. Therefore Jesus said to him, "What you do, do quickly."

1 Corinthians 11:19

For there must also be sects among you, in order that those who are approved may become recognized among you.

Ephesians 2:2

in which you once walked according to the age of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit which is now working in the sons of disobedience,

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but [they went out] in order that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

1 John 4:4

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