Matthew 12:44

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Hosea 7:6

For they have used their heart like an oven, while he laid snares for them; he slept through the night baking them, and by morning he himself was heated like a burning fire.

Matthew 12:29

Or how can anyone enter into the house of a strong man, and plunder his belongings, unless he first restrains the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

Matthew 12:43

Now when an unclean spirit departs from a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and he does not find it.

Matthew 12:45

Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and live there. And in the end, the man becomes worse than he was at first. So, too, shall it be with this most wicked generation."

Luke 11:25

And when he has arrived, he finds it swept clean and decorated.

John 12:6

Now he said this, not out of concern for the needy, but because he was a thief and, since he held the purse, he used to carry what was put into it.

John 13:2

And when the meal had taken place, when the devil had now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him,

John 13:27

And after the morsel, Satan entered into him. And Jesus said to him, "What you are going to do, do quickly."

1 Corinthians 11:19

For there must also be heresies, so that those who have been tested may be made manifest among you.

Ephesians 2:2

in which you walked in times past, according to the age of this world, according to the prince of the power of this sky, the spirit who now works in the sons of distrust.

1 John 2:19

They went out from among us, but they were not of us. For, if they had been of us, certainly they would have remained with us. But in this way, it is made manifest that none of them are of us.

1 John 4:4

Little sons, you are of God, and so you have overcome him. For he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.