Matthew 12:42-45

42 "¹The Queen of the South will rise up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, ²something greater than Solomon is here.

43 "³Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it.

44 "Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came '; and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order.

45 "Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and ⁴the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation."

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 10:1; 2 Chronicles 9:1
• 2. Matthew 12:6, 41
• 3. Matthew 12:43-45: {Luke 11:24-26}
• 4. Mark 5:9; Luke 11:26; Hebrews 6:4-8; 2 Peter 2:20