Matthew 12:44 - The Scriptures 2009

⁴⁴ “Then it says, ‘I shall return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds it empty, swept, and decorated.

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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

Hosea 7:6

“For they have drawn near, their heart is like an oven. While they lie in wait all the night their baker sleeps. In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.

Matthew 12:29

“Or how is one able to enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he shall plunder his house.

Matthew 12:43

“Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.

Matthew 12:45

“Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And the last of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.”

Luke 11:25

“And when he comes, he finds it swept and decorated,

John 12:6

And he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and he used to take what was put in it.

John 13:2

And supper taking place, the devil having already put it into the heart of Yehuḏah from Qerioth, son of Shim‛on, to deliver Him up,

John 13:27

And after the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. יהושע, therefore, said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”

1 Corinthians 11:19

For there have to be factions even among you, so that the approved ones might be revealed among you.

Ephesians 2:2

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that 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 stayed with us – but in order that it might be made manifest that none of them were of us.

1 John 4:4

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