Matthew 12:44

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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  • Ps 81:11-12 : 11 But my people hearkened not to my voice; And Israel would none of me. 12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.
  • Hos 7:6 : 6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
  • Matt 12:29 : 29 Or how can one enter into the house of the strong [man], and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong [man] ? and then he will spoil his house.
  • Matt 13:20-22 : 20 And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it; 21 yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth. 22 And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
  • Luke 11:21-22 : 21 When the strong [man] fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace: 22 but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
  • John 12:6 : 6 Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.
  • John 13:2 : 2 And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's [son], to betray him,
  • John 13:27 : 27 And after the sop, then entered Satan into him. Jesus therefore saith unto him, What thou doest, do quickly.
  • Acts 5:1-3 : 1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, 2 and kept back [part] of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back [part] of the price of the land?
  • Acts 8:18-23 : 18 Now when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, 19 saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive the Holy Spirit. 20 But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God with money. 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right before God. 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee. 23 For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.
  • 1 Cor 11:19 : 19 For there must be also factions among you, that they that are approved may be made manifest among you.
  • Eph 2:2 : 2 wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;
  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 [ even he], whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: 12 that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
  • 1 Tim 6:4-5 : 4 he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 5 wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.
  • 1 John 4:4 : 4 Ye are of God, [my] little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.
  • Jude 1:4-5 : 4 For there are certain men crept in privily, [even] they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. 5 Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
  • Rev 13:3-4 : 3 And [I saw] one of his heads as though it had been smitten unto death; and his death-stroke was healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast; 4 and they worshipped the dragon, because he gave his authority unto the beast; and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? And who is able to war with him?
  • Rev 13:8-9 : 8 And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, [every one] whose name hath not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain. 9 If any man hath an ear, let him hear.

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  • Luke 11:21-26
    6 verses
    92%

    21When the strong [man] fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace:

    22but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

    23He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

    24The unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and finding none, he saith, I will turn back unto my house whence I came out.

    25And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.

    26Then goeth he, and taketh [to him] seven other spirits more evil than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first.

  • Matt 12:43
    88%

    43But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.

  • Matt 12:45
    82%

    45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.

  • Matt 12:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29Or how can one enter into the house of the strong [man], and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong [man] ? and then he will spoil his house.

    30He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

  • Mark 3:27
    72%

    27But no one can enter into the house of the strong [man], and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong [man] ; and then he will spoil his house.

  • Matt 10:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

    14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet.

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    71%

    41and he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scrape off, without the city into an unclean place:

    42and they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.

    43And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken out the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plastered;

    44then the priest shall come in and look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.

    45And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.

    46Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.

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    71%

    35Behold, your house is left unto you [desolate] : and I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

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    70%

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    15and let him that is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house:

    16and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.

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    70%

    2And when he was come out of the boat, straightway there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

  • Mark 1:26
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    26And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

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    38But the man from whom the demons were gone out prayed him that he might be with him: but he sent him away, saying,

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    70%

    38Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

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    69%

    30And she went away unto her house, and found the child laid upon the bed, and the demon gone out.

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    69%

    27And when he was come forth upon the land, there met him a certain man out of the city, who had demons; and for a long time he had worn no clothes, and abode not in [any] house, but in the tombs.

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    69%

    36And the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goeth in to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:

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    69%

    31In that day, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back.

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    69%

    6And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him: but if not, it shall turn to you again.

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    69%

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  • Mark 7:17
    69%

    17And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked of him the parable.

  • Mark 1:23
    69%

    23And straightway there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

  • Luke 12:39-40
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    68%

    39But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through. [

    40Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

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    68%

    46the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.

  • Luke 13:25
    68%

    25When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not whence ye are;

  • Matt 12:26
    68%

    26and if Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?

  • Mark 12:3
    68%

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    68%

    43Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

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    68%

    10He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.

  • Matt 24:17-18
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    17let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house:

    18and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.

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    68%

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    45And he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold,

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    35And they went out to see what had come to pass; and they came to Jesus, and found the man, from whom the demons were gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus: and they were afraid.