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Matthew 12:43

Spiritual warfarePurity

41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

42 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.

44 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.

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.

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BSB
When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
KJV
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
WEB
“When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.
ASV
But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.
DARBY
But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find [it].
BLB
Now when the unclean spirit may go out from the man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest and does not find [it].
ÅB
«Når en uren ånd har fart ut av et menneske går den gjennom tørre steder og søker hvile, men finner det ikke.
OTB
Når en uren ånd går ut av et menneske, vandrer den gjennom tørre steder og søker hvile, men finner det ikke.
B1930
Når den urene ånd er faret ut av et menneske, går den gjennem tørre steder og søker hvile, men finner den ikke.

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Cross references

  • Luke 11:24–26

    When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.

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  • Luke 8:28–32

    When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.

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  • Matthew 8:29

    And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

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  • Mark 5:7–13

    And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

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  • Amos 8:11–13

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:

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  • Isaiah 35:6–7

    Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

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  • 1 Peter 5:8

    Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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  • Job 2:2

    And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

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