Luke 11:24-28

An Unclean Spirit Returns

24 "Whenever an unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it travels through waterless places searching for rest, and does not find [it]. It says, 'I will return to my house from which I came out.'

25 And [when it] arrives it finds [the house] swept and put in order.

26 Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and [they] go in [and] live there. And the last [state] of that person becomes worse than the first!"

27 Now it happened that as he said these [things], a certain woman from the crowd raised [her] voice [and] said to him, "Blessed [is] the womb that bore you, and [the] breasts [at] which you nursed!"

28 But he said, "On the contrary, blessed [are] those who hear the word of God and follow [it]!"

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [b]. Some manuscripts have "Then it says"
• [c]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("arrives") which is understood as temporal
• [d]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [e]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("go in") has been translated as a finite verb
• [f]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("raised") has been translated as a finite verb
• [g]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation