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24 The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’ 25 When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order. 26 Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”

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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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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:24 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Luke 11:24 Some manuscripts have “Then it says”
  3. Luke 11:25 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“arrives”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Luke 11:25 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. Luke 11:26 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“go in”) has been translated as a finite verb