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Matthew 12:43

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When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.

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Matthew 12:43 in other translations

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

Matthew 12:43 · American Standard Version

Matthew 12:43 in context

  1. 41The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.
  2. 42The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.
  3. 43When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.
  4. 44Then 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.
  5. 45Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation.”