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


In Context

41 'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah, and lo, a greater than Jonah 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 lo, a greater than Solomon here!

43 'And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it doth walk through dry places seeking rest, and doth not find;

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

45 then doth it go, and take with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having gone in they dwell there, and the last of that man doth become worse than the first; so shall it be also to this evil generation.'

46 And while he was yet speaking to the multitudes, lo, his mother and brethren had 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 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 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.