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Matthew 12:44 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then it says, “I’ll go back to my house which I came from.” Returning, it finds the house vacant, swept, and put in order. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 Then he saith: I will return into my house from whence I came out. And coming he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. |
For they #– #their hearts like an oven – draw him into their oven. Their anger smoulders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
How can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
‘When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it roams through waterless places looking for rest but doesn’t find any.
Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that person’s last condition is worse than the first. That’s how it will also be with this evil generation.’
He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.
Now when it was time for supper, the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, Simon Iscariot’s son, to betray him.
After Judas ate the piece of bread, Satan entered him. So Jesus told him, ‘What you’re doing, do quickly.’
Indeed, it is necessary that there be factions among you, so that those who are approved may be recognised among you.
in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit now working in the disobedient.
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.
You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.