Matthew 12:44

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.

43 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.

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.

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

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.
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.
WEB
Then he says, ‘I will return into my house from which I came;’ and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.
ASV
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.
DARBY
Then he says, I will return to my house whence I came out; and having come, he finds [it] unoccupied, swept, and adorned.
BLB
Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came out.’ And having come, it finds [it] being unoccupied, and swept, and put in order.
ÅB
Så sier den: ‘Jeg vil vende tilbake til huset mitt, som jeg for ut av.’ Og når den kommer dit finner den det ledig og feid og pyntet.
OTB
Da sier den: ‘Jeg vil vende tilbake til mitt hus som jeg kom fra.’ Når den kommer, finner den huset ubebodd, feid og satt i stand.
B1930
Da sier den: Jeg vil vende tilbake til mitt hus, som jeg fór ut av. Og når den kommer dit, finner den det ledig og feid og pyntet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

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.

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  • 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.

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  • Psalms 81:11–12

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 1 Corinthians 11:19

    For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

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  • Ephesians 2:2

    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:

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  • Matthew 12:29

    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.

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