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.


In Context

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

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

43 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.

44 Then 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.

45 Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation.|

46 While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, 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 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 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.