Matthew 12:44

Good News Translation (US Version)

it says to itself, ‘I will go back to my house.’ So it goes back and finds the house empty, clean, and all fixed up.

Cross References

1 John 4:4

But you belong to God, my children, and have defeated the false prophets, because the Spirit who is in you is more powerful than the spirit in those who belong to the world.

1 John 2:19

These people really did not belong to our fellowship, and that is why they left us; if they had belonged to our fellowship, they would have stayed with us. But they left so that it might be clear that none of them really belonged to us.

1 Corinthians 11:19

No doubt there must be divisions among you so that the ones who are in the right may be clearly seen.)

Ephesians 2:2

At that time you followed the world's evil way; you obeyed the ruler of the spiritual powers in space, the spirit who now controls the people who disobey God.

John 13:27

As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “Hurry and do what you must!”

John 13:2

Jesus and his disciples were at supper. The Devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, the thought of betraying Jesus.

John 12:6

He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. He carried the money bag and would help himself from it.

Matthew 12:29

“No one can break into a strong man's house and take away his belongings unless he first ties up the strong man; then he can plunder his house.

Hosea 7:6

Yes, they burned like an oven with their plotting. All night their anger smoldered, and in the morning it burst into flames.

Matthew 12:43

“When an evil spirit goes out of a person, it travels over dry country looking for a place to rest. If it can't find one,

Matthew 12:45

Then it goes out and brings along seven other spirits even worse than itself, and they come and live there. So when it is all over, that person is in worse shape than at the beginning. This is what will happen to the evil people of this day.”

Luke 11:25

So it goes back and finds the house clean and all fixed up.