Matthew 12:43-45 - An Unclean Spirit Returns

Matthew 12:43-45

43 But when an evil spirit has been driven out of a person, it roams through desert regions trying to find rest but cannot find it. 44 Then it says [to itself], I will return to my house which I came out of [i.e., the body of the person it dominated]. But when it returns [to that body] it finds it empty, cleaned out and [newly] decorated. 45 Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits, more evil than itself, and they reenter [the body] and [begin to] live there, so that the latter state of that person becomes worse than the former [state]. It will be the same way with the people of this evil generation."

Luke 11:24-28

24 "When an evil spirit has been driven out of a man, it roams through desert regions trying to find rest, but [when it] cannot find any, it says [to itself], 'I will return to my house from which I came [i.e., the body of the person it dominated].' 25 But when it returns [to that body] it finds it cleaned out and [newly] decorated. 26 Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits, more evil than itself, and they reenter [the body] and [begin] to live there, so that the latter state of that person becomes worse than the former state."

27 And it happened as He said these things that a certain woman called out to Him from the crowd, saying, "The woman who gave you birth and nursed you is [certainly] blessed."

28 But Jesus said, "Yes, but those who listen to God's message and obey it are [more] blessed."