http://www.bible.ca/ef/expository-matthew-12-43-45.htm A Demon’s Journey Matthew 12:43-45 “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man…” (Matt 12:43)
If Jesus’ interactions with the Jewish leaders could be described as combustible, then Matthew 12 is when the match was lit. In relentlessly caustic terms, Jesus heaped scorn on them for their wicked attitudes. They had “condemned the guiltless”(Matt 12:7) of violating the Sabbath, “went out and plotted against Him, how they might destroy Him”(Matt 12:14) for His miraculous healing on the Sabbath, and accused Him of casting out demons by Beelzebub (Matt 12:24). They were a “brood of vipers”(Matt 12:34). Jesus asked how they, “being evil”, could speak good things (Matt 12:34). He labeled them “an evil and adulterous generation”(Matt 12:39) for seeking a sign from Him.
