How can one enter into the strong one's house, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong one?
Matthew 12:44 - Wesley's New Testament 1755 Then he saith, I will return to my house whence I came out, and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept and garnished. 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. |
How can one enter into the strong one's house, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong one?
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh thro' dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
Then goeth he and taketh with him 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. So shall it be also to this wicked generation.
This he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the purse, and bare what was put therein.
And while they were at supper (the devil having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon,
For there must be heresies also among you, that the approved among you may be manifest).
who were dead in trespasses and sins, Wherein ye formerly 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 sons of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in time past,
They went out from us, but they were not of us: for if they had been of us, they would 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, beloved children, and have overcome them; because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.