22 But when a stronger man attacks him and[a] conquers him, he takes away his full armor in which he trusted and distributes his plunder. 23 The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.

An Unclean Spirit Returns

24 “Whenever an unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it travels through waterless places searching for rest, and does not find it.[b] It says,[c] ‘I will return to my house from which I came out.’

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:22 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“attacks”) has been translated as a finite verb
  2. Luke 11:24 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Luke 11:24 Some manuscripts have “Then it says”