Matthew 12:43
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“When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.
“Now when the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, it roams through waterless (dry, arid) places in search of rest, but it does not find it.
But when the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, it roams through dry [arid] places in search of rest, but it does not find any.
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
“When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it roams through waterless places looking for rest but doesn’t find any.
“When an unclean spirit leaves a person, it wanders through dry places looking for a place to rest. But it doesn’t find any.
“When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it travels through dry country seeking rest and does not find it.
When an evil spirit leaves a person, it travels through the desert, looking for a place to rest. But when the demon doesn't find a place,
But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find [it].
“Now when the unclean spirit departs from the person, it goes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it.
And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest, and findeth none.
“When an evil spirit comes out of a person, it travels through dry places looking for a place to rest, but it finds none.
Jesus then said, ‘When a bad spirit leaves a person, it travels through dry places. It looks for a new place to live. But maybe it does not find anywhere.
“When an unclean spirit has gone out of someone, it passes through dry places looking for rest, but it does not find it.
“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
“When an ·evil [defiling; L unclean] spirit comes out of a person, it travels through ·dry [waterless; arid] places, looking for a place to rest, but it doesn’t find it.
¶ Now when the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
“When an evil spirit comes out of a person, it goes through dry places looking for a place to rest. But it doesn’t find any.
“When an evil spirit goes out of a person, it travels over dry country looking for a place to rest. If it can't find one,
“When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest but doesn’t find any.
“When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it travels through dry places looking for a place to rest. But it finds no place to rest.
“Whenever an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it wanders through waterless places looking for a place to rest, but finds none.
“When the evil spirit goes out of a man it wanders through waterless places looking for rest and never finding it. Then it says, ‘I will go back to my house from which I came.’ When it arrives it finds it unoccupied, but clean and all in order. Then it goes and collects seven other spirits more evil than itself to keep it company, and they all go in and make themselves at home. The last state of that man is worse than the first—and that is just what will happen to this evil generation.”
When the unclean spirit is gone out of the man, it walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
“Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it.
“Now whenever an unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it travels through waterless places searching for rest, and does not find it.
“This evil nation is like a man possessed by a demon. For if the demon leaves, it goes into the deserts for a while, seeking rest but finding none. Then it says, ‘I will return to the man I came from.’ So it returns and finds the man’s heart clean but empty! Then the demon finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and all enter the man and live in him. And so he is worse off than before.”
“When a defiling evil spirit is expelled from someone, it drifts along through the desert looking for an oasis, some unsuspecting soul it can bedevil. When it doesn’t find anyone, it says, ‘I’ll go back to my old haunt.’ On return it finds the person spotlessly clean, but vacant. It then runs out and rounds up seven other spirits more evil than itself and they all move in, whooping it up. That person ends up far worse off than if he’d never gotten cleaned up in the first place. “That’s what this generation is like: You may think you have cleaned out the junk from your lives and gotten ready for God, but you weren’t hospitable to my kingdom message, and now all the devils are moving back in.”
“When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through dry places seeking rest, but finds none.
“When · an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions in search of a resting place, but finds none.
“When an evil spirit comes out of a person, it goes through dry places looking for a place to rest. But it doesn’t find any.
“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person it roams through arid regions searching for rest but finds none.
“Now when the unclean spirit comes out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it.
“Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it.
“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions seeking a place to rest, but it finds none.
“When an evil spirit comes out of a person, it travels through dry places, looking for a place to rest, but it doesn’t find it.
“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.
“What happens when an evil spirit comes out of a person? It goes through dry areas looking for a place to rest. But it doesn’t find it.
“When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
‘When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
“When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.
“When a demon is gone out of a man, it goes through dry places to find rest. It finds none.
“When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, seeking rest but finding none.
But when the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he walks throughout dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.
‘When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting-place, but it finds none.
‘When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting-place, but it finds none.
“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting place, but it finds none.
“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting place, but it finds none.
“When the unclean spirit goes out of a person,” Jesus continued, “it goes wandering through waterless places looking for somewhere to rest, and doesn’t find anywhere.
Now when the ruach hatameh (unclean spirit) goes out from the man, it goes through dry places seeking a manoach (resting place) and it does not find one.
“Now when the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, it walks throughout dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.
“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest, but he finds none.
“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest, but he finds none.
“Now when an unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places looking for rest and doesn’t find it.
Let Me tell you what will happen to this wicked generation: When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it rattles around through deserts and other dry places looking for a place to rest—but it does not find anywhere to rest.
“When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.
`When a bad spirit has gone out of a man, he goes through dry places. He looks for a place to rest, but he does not find any.
When an unclean spirit goeth out from a man, he goeth by dry places, seeking rest, and findeth not.
`And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it doth walk through dry places seeking rest, and doth not find;
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