Luke 11:24
When an unclean spirit has gone away from a man, it passes through waterless places and looks for rest. Finding none, it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
23The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.
25Having returned, it finds that house swept out and put in order.
Cross References
Judges 6:37Look, I am putting a woolen fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece, and it is dry on all the ground, then I will know that you will use me to save Israel, as you said.”
Job 2:2Yahweh said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, “From wandering on the earth, from going back and forth on it.”
Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep until they do evil 1 and they are robbed of sleep until they cause someone to stumble. 1
Isaiah 35:7The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; 1 in the habitation of jackals, where they once lay, will be grass with reeds and rushes. 1
Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty ground, and flowing streams on the dry ground; 1 I will pour my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your children. 1
Isaiah 57:20But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, 1 and its waters churn up mire and mud. 1
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 →