For they have brought their heart near like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps at night; in the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
Matthew 12:44 - Modern King James Version Then he said, I will return into my house from where I came out. And when he has come, he finds it empty, swept, and decorated. 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 have brought their heart near like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps at night; in the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house and spoil his goods, unless first he binds the strong one, and then he will plunder his house.
When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he walks through dry places seeking rest, and finds none.
Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and live there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so it also shall be to this evil generation.
He said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and held the moneybag and carried the things put in.
And when supper had ended, the Devil now having put into the heart of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon to betray Him,
And after the morsel, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, What you do, do quickly.
For there must also be heresies among you, that the approved ones may be revealed among you.
in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience;
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they were of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out so that it might be revealed that they were not all of us.
You are of God, little children, and you have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.