Matthew 12:43-50

Return of an Unclean Spirit

43 "When g the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through h waterless places seeking rest, but finds none. 44 Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order. 45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and i the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this j evil generation."

Jesus' Mother and Brothers

46 While he was still speaking to the people, behold, k his mother and his l brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him. 1 48 But he replied to the man who told him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" 49 And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! 50 For m whoever n does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 12:43 - 45
    When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
    Luke 11:24 - 26
    "When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 63:1
    O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
    Jeremiah 2:6
    They did not say, 'Where is the Lord who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, in a land that none passes through, where no man dwells?
  3. Cross References
    Matthew 12:43 - 45
    When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
    Luke 11:24 - 26
    "When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
  4. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:20 - 22
    For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
    John 5:14
    Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 12:39
    But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
  6. Cross References
    Matthew 12:46 - 50
    While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
    Mark 3:31 - 35
    And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him.
    Luke 8:19 - 21
    Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd.
  7. Cross References
    Matthew 13:55
    Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mot...
    Mark 6:3
    Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and ...
    John 2:12
    After this he went down to Capernaum, with his ...
    John 7:3
    So his brothers said to him, "Leave here and go...
    John 7:5
    For not even his brothers believed in him.
    John 7:10
    But after his brothers had gone up to the feast...
    Acts 1:14
    All these with one accord were devoting themsel...
    1 Corinthians 9:5
    Do we not have the right to take along a believ...
    Galatians 1:19
    But I saw none of the other apostles except Jam...
  8. Cross References
    Matthew 12:46 - 50
    While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
    Mark 3:31 - 35
    And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him.
    Luke 8:19 - 21
    Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd.
  9. Cross References
    John 15:14
    You are my friends if you do what I command you.
    Hebrews 2:11
    For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers.
  10. Cross References
    Matthew 7:21
    Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
    Luke 11:28
    But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!
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