Matthew 12:44

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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 12:44 King James Version (KJV)

Then 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.

Matthew 12:44 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came’; and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order.

Matthew 12:44 New Century Version (NCV)

So the spirit says, ‘I will go back to the house I left.’ When the spirit comes back, it finds the house still empty, swept clean, and made neat.

Matthew 12:44 American Standard Version (ASV)

Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

Matthew 12:44 New International Version (NIV)

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.

Matthew 12:44 New King James Version (NKJV)

Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

Matthew 12:44 Amplified Bible (AMP)

Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it arrives, it finds the place unoccupied, swept, and put in order.

Matthew 12:44 New Living Translation (NLT)

Then it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’ So it returns and finds its former home empty, swept, and in order.

Matthew 12:44 The Passion Translation (TPT)

Then it says, ‘I’ll return to the house I moved out of,’ and so it goes back, only to find that the house is vacant, warm, and ready for it to move back in.

Matthew 12:44 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)

Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order.