Cross references

Matthew 12:43

When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.

Matthew 12:43 BSB

Matthew 12:43 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 11 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Luke 11:24–26 (18 votes) and Luke 8:28–32 (10 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from 1 Samuel 16 to 2 Peter 2.

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Which verses does Matthew 12:43 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. …

  2. When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!” For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places. …

  3. “What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

  4. Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it. …

  5. And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!” For Jesus had already declared, “Come out of this man, you unclean spirit!” …

  6. Job 2:25 votes

    “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”

  7. Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert. The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.

  8. Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

  9. Job 1:74 votes

    “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”

  10. I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.

  11. Psalm 63:13 votes
  12. Acts 8:133 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 12:43?

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