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Weymouth New Testament

Luke 11:25

and when it comes, it finds the house swept clean and in good order.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Apostasy;   Backsliders;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Pharisees;   Thompson Chain Reference - Backsliders;   Deterioration-Development;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Demon;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Lord's Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Beelzebub;   Food;   Luke, Gospel of;   Prayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Satan;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Discourse;   Luke, Gospel According to;   Purity (2);   Sin (2);   Spirit ;   Winter ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Beelzebub;   Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Arnish;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 20;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Returning, it finds the house swept and put in order.
King James Version (1611)
And when hee commeth, hee findeth it swept and garnished.
King James Version
And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
English Standard Version
And when it comes, it finds the house swept and put in order.
New American Standard Bible
"And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.
New Century Version
And when it comes back, it finds that house swept clean and made neat.
Amplified Bible
"And when it comes, it finds the place swept and put in order.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.
Legacy Standard Bible
And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.
Berean Standard Bible
On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
Contemporary English Version
When it gets there and finds the place clean and fixed up,
Complete Jewish Bible
When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
Darby Translation
And having come, he finds it swept and adorned.
Easy-to-Read Version
When it comes back, it finds that home all neat and clean.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
George Lamsa Translation
And if it should come and find it warm and well furnished,
Good News Translation
So it goes back and finds the house clean and all fixed up.
Lexham English Bible
And when it arrives it finds the house swept and put in order.
Literal Translation
And coming, he finds it having been swept and having been decorated.
American Standard Version
And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.
Bible in Basic English
And when he comes, he sees that it has been made fair and clean.
Hebrew Names Version
When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.
International Standard Version
When it arrives, it finds it swept clean and put in order.
Etheridge Translation
And when he cometh he findeth it swept and ornamented.
Murdock Translation
And when he cometh, he findeth it swept clean and set in order.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he commeth, he fyndeth it swept and garnisshed.
English Revised Version
And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.
World English Bible
When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And coming he findeth it swept and garnished.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he cometh, he fyndith it clansid with besyms, and fayre arayed.
Update Bible Version
And when it comes, it finds it swept and garnished.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when he cometh, he findeth [it] swept and garnished.
New English Translation
When it returns, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
New King James Version
And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order.
New Living Translation
So it returns and finds that its former home is all swept and in order.
New Life Bible
When the demon comes back, it finds the house cleaned and looking good.
New Revised Standard
When it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, coming, findeth it, empty,swept, and adorned.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.
Revised Standard Version
And when he comes he finds it swept and put in order.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And when he cometh he fyndeth it swept and garnissed.
Young's Literal Translation
and having come, it findeth [it] swept and adorned;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan he commeth, he fyndeth it swepte, and garnished.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and at his return he findeth it swept and garnished.
Simplified Cowboy Version
If it finds no one, it will come back to the one it left.

Contextual Overview

14 On once occasion He was expelling a dumb demon; and when the demon was gone out the dumb man could speak, and the people were astonished. 15 But some among them said, "It is by the power of Baal-zebul, the Prince of the demons, that he expels the demons." 16 Others, to put Him to the test, asked Him for a sign in the sky. 17 And, knowing their thoughts, He said to them, "Every kingdom in which civil war rages goes to ruin: family attacks family and is overthrown. 18 And if Satan really has engaged in fierce conflict with himself, how shall his kingdom stand?--because you say that I expel demons by the power of Baal-zebul. 19 And if it is by the power of Baal-zebul that I expel the demons, by whom do your disciples expel them? They therefore shall be your judges. 20 But if it is by the power of God that I drive out the demons, it is evident that the Kingdom of God has come upon you. 21 "Whenever a strong man, fully armed and equipped, is guarding his own castle, he enjoys peaceful possession of his property; 22 but as soon as another stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he takes away that complete armour of his in which he trusted, and distributes the plunder he has collected. 23 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever is not gathering with me is scattering abroad.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he findeth: 2 Chronicles 24:17-22, Psalms 36:3, Psalms 81:11, Psalms 81:12, Psalms 125:5, Matthew 12:44, Matthew 12:45, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12, 2 Peter 2:10-19, Jude 1:8 -13

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. In Matthew it is also said to be "empty"; and so it is read here in the Arabic version; and in the Ethiopic version, "empty of men": but rather the sense is, that he found it empty of all goodness, notwithstanding all the sweeping and garnish of an outward reformation. The Persic version renders it, "heated and prepared"; heated with wrath and fury against Christ, and his Gospel, and so was prepared and fitted to be a proper habitation for Satan; and in such a case as this was the Jewish nation from the time of Christ's death to the destruction of Jerusalem; :-

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 12:43-45.


 
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