Parallel Verses
Godbey New Testament
Then he says, I will return to my own house whence I came out; and having come, he finds it empty, swept, and beautified.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Then it says, "I will go back to my home that I left.' When it arrives, it finds it empty, swept clean, and put in order.
A Conservative Version
Then it says, I will return into my house from where I came out. And when it comes, it finds it empty, swept, and put in order.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Then it says [to itself], I will return to my house which I came out of [i.e., the body of the person it dominated]. But when it returns [to that body] it finds it empty, cleaned out and [newly] decorated.
Anderson New Testament
Then he says: I will return to my house, out of which I came. And he comes and finds it empty, swept, and. set in order.
Bible in Basic English
Then he says, I will go back into my house from which I came out; and when he comes, he sees that there is no one in it, but that it has been made fair and clean.
Common New Testament
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.
Daniel Mace New Testament
I will return then, says he, into my house, which I have quitted; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
Darby Translation
Then he says, I will return to my house whence I came out; and having come, he finds it unoccupied, swept, and adorned.
Goodspeed New Testament
Then it says, 'I will go back to my house that I left,' and it goes and finds it unoccupied, cleaned, and all in order.
John Wesley New Testament
Then he saith, I will return to my house whence I came out, and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept and garnished.
Julia Smith Translation
Then says he, I will return into my house, whence I came out; and having come, he finds vacant; having been swept, and put in order.
King James 2000
Then 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came out.' And [when it] arrives it finds [the house] unoccupied and swept and put in order.
Modern King James verseion
Then he said, I will return into my house from where I came out. And when he has come, he finds it empty, swept, and decorated.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then he sayeth, 'I will return again into my house, from whence I came out.' And when he is come, he findeth the house empty and swept, and garnished.
Moffatt New Testament
Then it says, 'I will go back to the house I left,' and when it comes it finds the house vacant, clean, and all in order.
Montgomery New Testament
"Then it says, "'I will go back to my house which I left'; and on arrival finds it empty, swept, and garnished.
NET Bible
Then it says, 'I will return to the home I left.' When it returns, it finds the house empty, swept clean, and put in order.
New Heart English Bible
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.
Noyes New Testament
Then it saith, I will return to my house whence I came out. And on coming, it findeth it empty, and swept, and put in order.
Sawyer New Testament
Then it says, I will return to my house from which I went out; and coming, it finds it empty, swept, and adorned.
The Emphasized Bible
Then, it saith, Into my house, will I return whence I came out, - and, coming, findeth it empty and swept and adorned.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Then he saith, I will return to my mansion, whence I came; and on his arrival, he findeth it unoccupied, swept, and furnished.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Then it says 'I will go back to the home which I left'; but, on coming there, it finds it unoccupied, and swept, and put in order.
Webster
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.
Weymouth New Testament
Then he says, 'I will return to my house that I left;' and he comes and finds it unoccupied, swept clean, and in good order.
Williams New Testament
Then it says, 'I will go back to my house which I left,' and it finds it unoccupied, swept, and ready for use.
World English Bible
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.
Worrell New Testament
Then it says, 'I will return into my house whence I came out;' and, having come, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and adorned.
Worsley New Testament
then saith he, I will return into my house, that I came out of; and when he cometh, he findeth it empty, swept, and set off to advantage:
Youngs Literal Translation
then it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth; and having come, it findeth it unoccupied, swept, and adorned:
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 12:44
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Unclean Spirit Returns
43 And when the unclean spirit may go out from the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest, and finds none. 44 Then he says, I will return to my own house whence I came out; and having come, he finds it empty, swept, and beautified. 45 Then he goes, and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and having come in dwells there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So it will also be with this wicked generation.
Names
Cross References
Matthew 12:29
Or how is any one able to enter into the house of a strong man, and spoil his goods, unless he may first bind the strong man, and then he can spoil his house.
Matthew 13:20-22
But the one sown upon the rocks, is he who heareth the word, and immediately with joy receives it;
Luke 11:21-22
When the strong man armed may keep his palace, his goods are in peace:
John 12:6
And He spoke this, not because there was a care to him for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the purse, and was carrying those things cast in.
John 13:2
And the supper being on hand, the devil already having entered into the heart, that Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, should betray Him,
John 13:27
And after the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus says to him; What thou art doing, do more quickly.
Acts 5:1-3
And a certain man, Ananias by name, with Sapphira his wife, sold an estate
Acts 8:18-23
But Simon seeing that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the Spirit was given, offered them money, saying,
1 Corinthians 11:19
For it behooves that heresies should indeed be among you, in order that the approved may be made manifest among you.
Ephesians 2:2
in which at one time you walked about according to the age of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit which is now working in the sons of disobedience;
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
whose coming is according to the energy of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
1 Timothy 6:4-5
he has been inflated, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and controversies, from which come envy, strife, blasphemies, evil surmisings,
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But those wishing to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown the people in destruction and perdition.
1 John 2:19
They came out from us, but they were not of us; for if they were of us, they would have remained with us: but in order that they might be made manifest that they are not all of us.
1 John 4:4
You are of God, little children, and you have conquered them; because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Jude 1:4-5
For certain men have crept in, who long ago were written down to this judgment, ungodly, transforming the grace of God into impurity, even denying Jesus Christ, our only Sovereign and Lord.
Revelation 13:3-4
And I saw one of his heads as it had been smitten unto death; and the wound of his death was healed. And the whole earth wondered after the beast:
Revelation 13:8-9
And all those who dwell upon the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world, will worship him.