Matthew 12:43
Matthew 12:43 New International Version (NIV)
“When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
Matthew 12:43-45 The Message (MSG)
“When a defiling evil spirit is expelled from someone, it drifts along through the desert looking for an oasis, some unsuspecting soul it can bedevil. When it doesn’t find anyone, it says, ‘I’ll go back to my old haunt.’ On return it finds the person spotlessly clean, but vacant. It then runs out and rounds up seven other spirits more evil than itself and they all move in, whooping it up. That person ends up far worse off than if he’d never gotten cleaned up in the first place. “That’s what this generation is like: You may think you have cleaned out the junk from your lives and gotten ready for God, but you weren’t hospitable to my kingdom message, and now all the devils are moving back in.”
Matthew 12:43 King James Version (KJV)
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
Matthew 12:43 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
“Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it.
Matthew 12:43 New Century Version (NCV)
“When an evil spirit comes out of a person, it travels through dry places, looking for a place to rest, but it doesn’t find it.
Matthew 12:43 American Standard Version (ASV)
But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.
Matthew 12:43 New King James Version (NKJV)
“When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.
Matthew 12:43 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“Now when the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, it roams through waterless (dry, arid) places in search of rest, but it does not find it.
Matthew 12:43 New Living Translation (NLT)
“When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, seeking rest but finding none.