Luke 11:25

but, on coming there, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order.

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In The King James Version

And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

In Context

24No sooner does a foul spirit leave someone, than it passes through places where there is no water, in search of rest; and finding none, it says ‘I will go back to the home which I left’;

26Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in, and make their home there; and the last state of that person proves to be worse than the first.”

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Cross References

Psalms 36:3First, their speech becomes wicked and false, they give up acting wisely and well.

Psalms 125:5But those who swerve into crooked ways will the Lord lead away with the workers of evil. Peace be upon Israel.

2 Thessalonians 2:9When the lawless person comes, there will be great activity on the part of Satan, in the form of all kinds of deceptive miracles, signs, and marvels, as well as of wicked attempts to delude –

Jude 1:8Yet in the same way these people, too, cherishing vain dreams, pollute our human nature, reject control, and malign the celestial beings.

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 →

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