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.


In Context

41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here.

42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom, and now one greater than Solomon is here.

43 "When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.

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

45 Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation."

46 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:44Then he says, I will return to my house whence I came out; and having come, he finds it unoccupied, swept, and adorned.

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.