Matthew 12:44

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

So it says, ‘I will go back to the home I left.’ When it comes back, it finds that home still empty. It is all neat and clean.

Cross References

1 John 4:4

My dear children, you belong to God, so you have already defeated these false prophets. That’s because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

1 John 2:19

These enemies were in our group, but they left us. They did not really belong with us. If they were really part of our group, they would have stayed with us. But they left. This shows that none of them really belonged with us.

1 Corinthians 11:19

because of your idea that you must have separate groups to show who the real believers are!

Ephesians 2:2

Yes, in the past your lives were full of those sins. You lived the way the world lives, following the ruler of the evil powers that are above the earth. That same spirit is now working in those who refuse to obey God.

John 13:27

When Judas took the bread, Satan entered him. Jesus said to Judas, “What you will do—do it quickly!”

John 13:2

Jesus and his followers were at the evening meal. The devil had already persuaded Judas Iscariot to hand Jesus over to his enemies. (Judas was the son of Simon.)

John 12:6

But Judas did not really care about the poor. He said this because he was a thief. He was the one who kept the moneybag for the group of followers. And he often stole money from the bag.

Matthew 12:29

Whoever wants to enter a strong man’s house and steal his things must first tie him up. Then they can steal the things from his house.

Hosea 7:6

The people make their secret plans. Their hearts burn with excitement like an oven. Their excitement burns all night, and in the morning it is like a hot fire.

Matthew 12:43

“When an evil spirit comes out of a person, it travels through dry places looking for a place to rest, but it finds none.

Matthew 12:45

Then the evil spirit goes out and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself. They all go and live there, and that person has even more trouble than before. It is the same way with the evil people who live today.”

Luke 11:25

When it comes back, it finds that home all neat and clean.