25And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
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Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. …
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. …
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, …
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. …
Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-26)The substance of these verses we had in Matt. 12:22 Christ is here giving a general proof of his divine mission, by a particular proof of his power over Satan, his conquest of whom was an indication of his great design in coming into the world, which was, to destroy the works of the devil . Here too he gives an earnest of the success of that undertaking. He is here casting out a devil that made th…
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