42 The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something[a] greater than Solomon is here!

An Unclean Spirit Returns

43 “Now whenever an unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it travels through waterless places searching for rest, and does not find it.[b] 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came out.’ And when it[c] arrives it finds the house[d] unoccupied and swept and put in order.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 12:42 Here “something” is supplied in the translation because the adjective is neuter gender
  2. Matthew 12:43 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Matthew 12:44 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“arrives”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Matthew 12:44 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation