Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 "Whenever the foul spirit goes out of a man, it wanders about in deserts in search of rest, but cannot find it. 44 Then it says, 'I will go back to my house which I left,' and it finds it unoccupied, swept, and ready for use. 45 "Then it goes and gets seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and make their home there, and so the end of that man is worse than the beginning. This is the way it will be with the wicked leaders of this age."
Names
Cross References
Matthew 12:29
Or, how can anyone get into a giant's house and carry off his goods, unless he first binds the giant? After that he can make a clean sweep of his house.
Matthew 13:20-22
And what was sown upon the thin rocky soil illustrates the man who hears the message and bubbling over with joy at once accepts it,
Luke 11:21-22
When a strong man well armed keeps guard over his dwelling, his property is secure.
John 12:6
He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and as the carrier of the purse for the Twelve he was in the habit of taking what was put into it.
John 13:2
So Jesus, while supper was on -- although He knew that the devil had suggested to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him --
John 13:27
As soon as he took the bread, Satan took possession of Judas. Then Jesus said to him, "Make quick work of what you are to do."
Acts 5:1-3
But a man named Ananias, in partnership with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,
Acts 8:18-23
So when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was conferred by the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,
1 Corinthians 11:19
Yes, indeed, there must be parties among you, in order that people of approved fitness may come to the front among you.
Ephesians 2:2
in which you once lived in accordance with the spirit of this present world, and the mighty prince of the air, who is always at work in the disobedient, among whom all of us, we Jews as well as you heathen,
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
that is, the representative of lawlessness, whose coming is in accordance with the working of Satan, with his plenitude of power and pretended signs and wonders,
1 Timothy 6:4-5
he is a conceited ignoramus with a morbid appetite for discussions and controversies which lead to envy, quarreling, abuse, base suspicions,
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But men who keep planning to get rich fall into temptations and snares and many foolish, hurtful desires which plunge people into destruction and ruin.
1 John 2:19
They have gone out from our own number, but they did not really belong to us; for if they had, they would have stayed with us. It was to show that none of those who went out really belonged to us.
1 John 4:4
You are children of God, dear children, and you have conquered these men, because He who is in our hearts is greater than he who is in the world.
Jude 1:4-5
For certain persons have sneaked in -- their doom was written down long ago -- godless persons, who turn the favor of our God into an excuse for licentiousness, and disown our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Revelation 13:3-4
I saw that one of his heads seemed to have been mortally wounded, but its mortal wound had been healed. And the whole world was so amazed that they followed the wild beast,
Revelation 13:8-9
All the inhabitants of the earth whose names, from the foundation of the world, have not been written in the slaughtered Lamb's book of life, will worship him.