King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 12:44
“‹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.›”
Verse in context — Matthew 12
‹The 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.›
‹When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.›
‹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.›
‹Then 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.›
While he yet talked to the people, behold, [his] mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
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