Luke 11:24
22 But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.
23 He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’
25 On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’
- KJV
- When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
- WEB
- 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.’
- ASV
- The unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and finding none, he saith, I will turn back unto my house whence I came out.
- DARBY
- When the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest; and not finding [any] he says, I will return to my house whence I came out.
- BLB
- When the unclean spirit may go out from the man, it passes through waterless places, seeking rest. And not finding [it], then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came out.’
- ÅB
- Når den urene ånd er faret ut av et menneske, går den gjennom tørre steder og søker hvile, og når den ikke finner det, sier den: Jeg vil vende tilbake til mitt hus som jeg fór ut av.
- OTB
- "Når en uren ånd forlater en person, vandrer den gjennom vannløse steder og søker hvile, og når den ikke finner noen, sier den: 'Jeg vil vende tilbake til mitt hus som jeg kom fra.'
- B1930
- Når den urene ånd er faret ut av et menneske, går den gjennem tørre steder og søker hvile, og når den ikke finner det, sier den: Jeg vil vende tilbake til mitt hus som jeg fór ut av.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 12:43–45
When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
Read in context1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Read in contextJob 2:2
“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
Read in contextPsalms 63:1
O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
Read in contextMark 5:10
And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.
Read in contextJob 1:7
“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
Read in contextIsaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
Read in contextEphesians 2:2
in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
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