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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 12, Verse 44

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43
‹When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.›
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.›
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.
New English Translation
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.
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.
45
‹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.›
46
While he yet talked to the people, behold, [his] mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
47
Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
48
But he answered and said unto him that told him, ‹Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?›
49
And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, ‹Behold my mother and my brethren!›
50
‹For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.›
1
The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
2
And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, ‹Behold, a sower went forth to sow;›
4
‹And when he sowed, some› [seeds] ‹fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:›