<p>12:44&nbsp;<em>Then it says: I will return-</em>&nbsp;The Greek word is elsewhere translated to convert (Mt. 13:15). Israel's rejection of Jesus was effectively a re-conversion away from John's message. The same word is used of how John was to convert Israel to their God (Lk. 1:16,17).</p>
<p><em>To my house from which I came out</em>- The same word is used thrice about that generation going out into the wilderness to hear John (Mt. 11:7-9).&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order</em>- The only other usage of the word &quot;swept&quot; is in the Lord&rsquo;s self-description of His &lsquo;sweeping&rsquo; the house of Israel in order to find the lost (Lk. 15:8). The house of Israel had been swept- but the nation had not been &lsquo;found&rsquo; because they would not come to Jesus in repentance.</p>