Matthew 12:43-45

An Unclean Spirit's Return

43 "When an unclean ^[a] spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest but doesn't find any.

44 Then it says, 'I'll go back to my house that I came from.' And when it arrives, it finds [the house] vacant, swept, and put in order.

45 Then off it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that man's last condition is worse than the first. That's how it will also be with this evil generation."

Footnotes

• [a] Morally or ceremonially impure