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24  When hotan the ho unclean akathartos spirit pneuma departs exerchomai from apo a ho person anthrōpos, it travels dierchomai through dia waterless anydros places topos seeking zēteō rest anapausis, and kai not finding heuriskō one; then tote it says legō, ‘ I will return hypostrephō to eis · ho my egō house oikos from hothen which I departed exerchomai.’ 25 · kai When the spirit returns erchomai, it finds heuriskō the house swept saroō and kai put kosmeō in order . 26 Then tote it goes poreuō and kai takes paralambanō along seven hepta other heteros spirits pneuma more evil ponēros than itself heautou, and kai after going eiserchomai in they settle katoikeō down to live there ekei. So kai the ho last eschatos state of ho that ekeinos person anthrōpos has become ginomai worse cheirōn than the ho first prōtos.”

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An Unclean Spirit’s Return

24 “When(A) an unclean spirit(B) comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest,(C) and not finding rest, it then[a] says, ‘I’ll go back to my house where I came from.’ 25 And 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 man’s last condition is worse than the first.”(E)

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  1. Luke 11:24 Other mss omit then

24 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ 25 When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. 26 Then it goes and takes 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)

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