Matthew 12:43

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Matthew 12:43

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.

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KJV

King James Version

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

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WEB

World English Bible

“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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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Now when the unclean spirit may go out from the man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest and does not find [it].

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Matthew 12

⁴¹ The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.

⁴² The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.

⁴³ When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.

⁴⁴ Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.

⁴⁵ Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”

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