Return of an Unclean Spirit

^24 (A)“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through ^(B)waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’

Return of an Unclean Spirit

⁴³ “When ^(A)the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through ^(B)waterless places seeking rest, but finds none. ⁴⁴ Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order. ⁴⁵ Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and ^(C)the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this ^(D)evil generation.”

^8 (A)Be sober-minded; ^(B)be watchful. Your ^(C)adversary the devil ^(D)prowls around ^(E)like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

My Soul Thirsts for You

A Psalm of David, ^(A)when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

² And the Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”

⁷ The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From ^(A)going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”

¹⁰ And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country.

^2 (A)in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following ^(B)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in ^(C)the sons of disobedience—

²⁵ And when Jesus saw that ^(A)a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, ^(B)“You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”