¹⁴ Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning^(A) or something worse may happen to you.”

¹¹ “No one, sir,” she said.

“Then neither do I condemn you,”^(A) Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”^(B)

²³ “‘If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction^(A) but continue to be hostile toward me, ²⁴ I myself will be hostile^(B) toward you and will afflict you for your sins seven times over.

⁴⁵ Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.^(A) That is how it will be with this wicked generation.”

²⁷ “‘If in spite of this you still do not listen to me^(A) but continue to be hostile toward me,