Matthew 12:43-45
Lexham English Bible
An Unclean Spirit Returns
43 “Now whenever an unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it travels through waterless places searching for rest, and does not find it.[a] 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came out.’ And when it[b] arrives it finds the house[c] unoccupied and swept and put in order. 45 Then it goes and brings along with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and[d] live there. And the last state of that person becomes worse than the first. So it will be for this evil generation also!”
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- Matthew 12:43 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Matthew 12:44 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“arrives”) which is understood as temporal
- Matthew 12:44 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Matthew 12:45 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“go in”) has been translated as a finite verb
Matthew 12:43-45
World English Bible
43 “When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest, and doesn’t find it. 44 Then he says, ‘I will return into my house from which I came;’ and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. 45 Then 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.”
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