For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
Matthew 12:44 - King 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaAmplified 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. English Standard Version 2016 Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order. |
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.