Matthew 12:43-45

An Unclean Spirit Returns

43 "Now whenever an unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it travels through waterless places searching for rest, and does not find [it].

44 Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came out.' And [when it] arrives it finds [the house] unoccupied and swept and put in order.

45 Then it goes and brings along with itself 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. So it will be for this evil generation also!"

Footnotes

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