44Then he says, I will return to my house whence I came out; and having come, he finds it unoccupied, swept, and adorned.


In Context

41 Ninevites shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas is here.

42 A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here.

43 But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find it.

44 Then he says, I will return to my house whence I came out; and having come, he finds it unoccupied, swept, and adorned.

45 Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. Thus shall it be to this wicked generation also.

46 But while he was yet speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.

Matthew 12:44 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:44Then 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:44Then it says, 'I will return to the house I left.' When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:44Then he saith: I will return into my house from whence I came out. And coming he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:44Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:44Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:44Then 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:44Then he says, 'I will return into my house from which I came out,' and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:44then it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth; and having come, it findeth it unoccupied, swept, and adorned:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:44Then he said, I will return into my house from where I came out; and when he is come, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished.