"Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth {it} empty, swept, an…" — Matthew 12:44

Matthew 12:44 · KJV

“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.”

— Matthew 12:44

Verse 43

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

Verse 45

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.

Matthew 12 — Context

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon {is} here.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

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.

While he yet talked to the people, behold, {his} mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.

Cross References

1 John 4:4

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.

1 Corinthians 11:19

For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. {heresies: or, sects}

Revelation 13:8-9

And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

1 John 2:19

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.

Jude 1:4-5

For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Psalms 81:11-12

But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

Acts 5:1-3

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

John 13:2

And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's {son}, to betray him;