Luke 11:24-26
Christian Standard Bible
An Unclean Spirit’s Return
24 “When(A) an unclean spirit(B) comes out of a person, it roams through waterless places looking for rest,(C) and not finding rest, it then[a] says, ‘I’ll go back to my house that I came from.’ 25 Returning, it finds the house swept and put in order. 26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits(D) more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that person’s last condition is worse than the first.”(E)
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- 11:24 Other mss omit then
Luke 11:24-26
Lexham English Bible
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.[a] It says,[b] ‘I will return to my house from which I came out.’ 25 And when it[c] arrives it finds the house[d] swept and put in order. 26 Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and[e] live there. And the last state of that person becomes worse than the first!”
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- Luke 11:24 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 11:24 Some manuscripts have “Then it says”
- Luke 11:25 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“arrives”) which is understood as temporal
- Luke 11:25 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Luke 11:26 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“go in”) has been translated as a finite verb
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