Matthew 12:43-45 - An Unclean Spirit Returns

Matthew 12:43-45

43 "When a foul spirit goes out of a man, it roams through deserts in search of rest and can find none. 44 Then it says, 'I will go back to my house that I left,' and it goes and finds it unoccupied, cleaned, and all in order. 45 Then it goes and gets seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there, and in the end the man is worse off than he was before. That is the way it will be with this present wicked age."

Luke 11:24-28

24 When a foul spirit goes out of a man, it roams through deserts in search of rest, and when it finds none, it says, 'I will go back to my house that I left.' 25 And it goes and finds it unoccupied, cleaned, and all in order. 26 Then it goes and gets seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there, and in the end the man is worse off than he was before."

27 As he said this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, "Blessed is the mother who bore you and nursed you!"

28 But he said, "You might better say, 'Blessed are those who hear God's message and observe it!' "