Luke 11:24
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through places without water, seeking rest; and not finding, he saith: I will return into my house whence I came out.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
23He that is not with me, is against me; and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.
25And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.
Cross References
Judges 6:37I will put this fleece of wool on the floor: if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry on all the ground beside, I, shall know that by my hand, as thou hast said, thou wilt deliver Israel.
Job 2:2That the Lord said to Satan: Whence comest thou ? And he answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it.
Proverbs 4:16For they sleep not except they have done evil: and their sleep is taken away unless they have made some to fall.
Isaiah 35:7And that which was dry land, shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water. In the dens where dragons dwell before, shall rise up the verdure of the reed and the bulrush.
Isaiah 44:3For I will pour out waters upon the thirsty ground, and streams upon the dry land: I will pour out my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy stock.
Isaiah 57:20But the wicked are like the raging sea, which cannot rest, and the waves thereof cast up dirt and mire.
Matthew Henry on Luke 11:15-27
Christ Accused of Leaguing with Satan; Watchfulness Inculcated. 14 And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. 15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. 16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. 17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.… Read the whole commentary →