An Unclean Spirit Returns(A)

43 (B)“When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, (C)he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. 44 Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. 45 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; (D)and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.”

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43  When hotan · de an ho unclean akathartos spirit pneuma comes exerchomai out of apo a ho person anthrōpos, it wanders dierchomai through dia waterless anydros regions topos in search zēteō of a resting anapausis place , but kai finds heuriskō none ou. 44 Then tote it says legō, ‘ I will return epistrephō to eis · ho my egō house oikos from which hothen I came exerchomai.’ And kai when it arrives erchomai, it finds heuriskō the house unoccupied scholazō, swept saroō, and kai put kosmeō in order . 45 Then tote it goes poreuō and kai brings paralambanō along with meta it heautou seven hepta other heteros spirits pneuma more evil ponēros than itself heautou, and kai they enter eiserchomai and settle katoikeō down there ekei; and kai the ho last eschatos state of ho that ekeinos person anthrōpos turns out to be ginomai worse cheirōn than the ho first prōtos. So houtōs will eimi it be for ho this houtos evil ponēros generation genea as well kai.” · ho

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