Bible verse
When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
Matthew 12:43 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 12.
39 Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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.”
46 While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him.
47 Someone told Him, “Look, Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.”
KJV
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
ASV
But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.
ERV
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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