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Matthew 12:43-45 KJV
Matthew · chapter 12 · verses 43–45 · King James Version
43When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 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. 45Then 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.Matthew 12:43-45 · King James Version
Matthew 12:43-45 in context
41The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
42The 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.
43When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
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.
45Then 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.
46While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
47Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- uncleanakathartosnot cleansed, unclean, in a ceremonial sense that which must be abstained from according…G169 →
- walkethdierchomaito go through, pass through, to go, walk, journey, pass through a place, to travel the…G1330 →
- throughdiathrough, of place, with, in, of time, throughout, during, of means, by, by the means of…G1223 →
- seekingzēteōto seek in order to find, to seek a thing, to seek [in order to find out] by thinking…G2212 →
- findethheyriskōto come upon, hit upon, to meet with, after searching, to find a thing sought, without…G2147 →
- himselfheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- placestoposplace, any portion or space marked off, as it were from surrounding space, an inhabited…G5117 →
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