Matthew 12:43-45 - An Unclean Spirit Returns

Matthew 12:43-45

43 "Whenever an unclean spirit leaves a man, it wanders through waterless places, seeking rest but finding none. 44 "Then it says, "'I will go back to my house which I left'; and on arrival finds it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 "Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits worse than itself; and they enter in and dwell there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be with this wicked generation."

Luke 11:24-28

24 "Whenever a foul spirit is gone out of a man, it roams through waterless places, in search of rest; but when it can find none, it says, 'I will go back to the house which I have left.' 25 When it comes and finds the house completely swept and garnished. 26 "Then it goes off and fetches seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first."

27 It happened while he was saying this, that a certain woman out of the crowd shouted to him, saying, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breast that you have sucked."

28 "No, rather," he answered, "blessed are those who listen to the word of God, and keep it."