Luke 11:26

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then goeth hee, and taketh to him seuen other spirites worse then himselfe: and they enter in, and dwel there: so the last state of that man is worse then the first.

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  • John 5:14 : 14 And after that, Iesus founde him in the Temple, and said vnto him, Beholde, thou art made whole: sinne no more, lest a worse thing come vnto thee.
  • 2 Pet 2:20-22 : 20 For if they, after they haue escaped from the filthinesse of the world, through the acknowledging of the Lorde, and of the Sauiour Iesus Christ, are yet tangled againe therein, and ouercome, the latter ende is worse with them then the beginning. 21 For it had bene better for them, not to haue acknowledged the way of righteousnes, then after they haue acknowledged it, to turne from the holy commaundement giuen vnto them. 22 But it is come vnto them, according to the true Prouerbe, The dogge is returned to his owne vomit: and, The sowe that was washed, to the wallowing in the myre.
  • 1 John 5:16 : 16 If any man see his brother sinne a sinne that is not vnto death, let him aske, and he shall giue him life for them that sinne not vnto death. There is a sinne vnto death: I say not that thou shouldest pray for it.
  • Jude 1:12-13 : 12 These are rockes in your feasts of charitie when they feast with you, without al feare, feeding themselues: cloudes they are wtout water, caried about of windes, corrupt trees & without fruit, twise dead, and plucked vp by ye rootes. 13 They are the raging waues of the sea, foming out their owne shame: they are wandring starres, to whome is reserued the blackenesse of darkenesse for euer.
  • Heb 6:4-8 : 4 For it is impossible that they which were once lightened, & haue tasted of the heauenly gift, and were made partakers of the holy Ghost, 5 And haue tasted of the good word of God, and of the powers of the world to come, 6 If they fal away, should be renued againe by repentance: seeing they crucifie againe to themselues the Sonne of God, & make a mocke of him. 7 For the earth which drinketh in the raine that commeth oft vpon it, and bringeth foorth herbes meete for them by whome it is dressed, receiueth blessing of God. 8 But that which beareth thornes and briars, is reproued, and is neere vnto cursing, whose end is to be burned.
  • Heb 10:26-31 : 26 For if we sinne willingly after that we haue receiued & acknowledged that trueth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sinnes, 27 But a fearefull looking for of iudgement, and violent fire, which shall deuoure the aduersaries. 28 He that despiseth Moses Law, dieth without mercy vnder two, or three witnesses: 29 Of howe much sorer punishment suppose ye shall hee be worthy, which treadeth vnder foote the Sonne of God, and counteth the blood of the Testament as an vnholy thing, wherewith he was sanctified, and doeth despite the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him that hath sayd, Vengeance belongeth vnto mee: I will recompense, saith the Lord; againe, The Lord shall iudge his people. 31 It is a fearefull thing to fall into the hands of the liuing God.
  • Zeph 1:6 : 6 And them that are turned backe from the Lord, and those that haue not sought the Lorde, nor inquired for him.
  • Matt 12:45 : 45 Then he goeth, & taketh vnto him seuen other spirites worse then himselfe, and they enter in, and dwell there: and the ende of that man is worse then the beginning. Euen so shall it be with this wicked generation.
  • Matt 23:15 : 15 Wo be vnto you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye compasse sea and land to make one of your profession: and when he is made, ye make him two folde more the childe of hell, then you your selues.

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    43 Nowe when the vncleane spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout drie places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

    44 Then he saith, I wil returne into mine house from whence I came: and when he is come, he findeth it emptie, swept and garnished.

    45 Then he goeth, & taketh vnto him seuen other spirites worse then himselfe, and they enter in, and dwell there: and the ende of that man is worse then the beginning. Euen so shall it be with this wicked generation.

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    22 But when a stronger then hee, commeth vpon him, and ouercommeth him: hee taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and deuideth his spoiles.

    23 He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

    24 When the vncleane spirite is gone out of a man, he walketh through drie places, seeking rest: and when he findeth none he saieth, I wil returne vnto mine house whence I came out.

    25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.

  • Mark 3:26-27
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    26 So if Satan make insurrection against himselfe, and be deuided, hee can not endure but is at an ende.

    27 No man can enter into a strong mans house, and take away his goods, except hee first binde that strong man, and then spoyle his house.

  • 29 Els howe can a man enter into a strong mans house and spoyle his goods, except he first bind the strong man, and then spoile his house.

  • Luke 8:27-33
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    27 And as he went out to land, there met him a certaine man out of the citie, which had deuils long time, and he ware no garment, neither abode in house, but in the graues.

    28 And when he sawe Iesus, he cryed out and fell downe before him, and with a loude voyce sayd, What haue I to doe with thee, Iesus the Sonne of God the most High? I beseech thee torment me not.

    29 For he commanded ye foule spirit to come out of the man: (for oft times he had caught him: therefore he was bound with chaines, and kept in fetters: but he brake the bands, and was caried of the deuill into wildernesses.)

    30 Then Iesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he sayd, Legion, because many deuils were entred into him.

    31 And they besought him, that he would not commaund them to goe out into the deepe.

    32 And there was there by, an hearde of many swine, feeding on an hill: and the deuils besought him, that he would suffer them to enter into them. So he suffered them.

    33 Then went the deuils out of the man, and entred into the swine: and the hearde was caried with violence from a steepe downe place into the lake, and was choked.

  • 26 So if Satan cast out Satan, he is deuided against himself: how shal then his kingdom endure?

  • 28 And when he was come to the other side into ye countrey of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with deuils, which came out of the graues very fierce, so that no man might goe by that way.

  • Mark 5:2-4
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    2 And when he was come out of the shippe, there met him incontinently out of the graues, a man which had an vncleane spirit:

    3 Who had his abiding among the graues, and no man could binde him, no not with chaines:

    4 Because that when hee was often bounde with fetters and chaines, he plucked the chaines asunder, and brake the fetters in pieces, neither could any man tame him.

  • 26 And the vncleane spirit tare him, & cried with a loude voyce, and came out of him.

  • Mark 5:7-10
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    7 And cryed with a loude voyce, and saide, What haue I to doe with thee, Iesus the Sonne of the most high God? I will that thou sweare to me by God, that thou torment me not.

    8 (For hee saide vnto him, Come out of the man, thou vncleane spirit.)

    9 And he asked him, What is thy name? and hee answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

    10 And hee prayed him instantly, that hee would not send them away out of the countrey.

  • 2 And certaine women, which were healed of euill spirites, and infirmities, as Mary which was called Magdalene, out of whom went seuen deuils,

  • 27 And it came to passe as he sayde these thinges, a certaine woman of the companie lifted vp her voyce, and sayde vnto him, Blessed is the wombe that bare thee, & the pappes which thou hast sucked.

  • 23 All these euill things come from within, and defile a man.

  • Matt 8:31-33
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    31 And the deuils besought him, saying, If thou cast vs out, suffer vs to goe into the heard of swine.

    32 And he said vnto them, Go. So they went out and departed into the heard of swine: and beholde, the whole heard of swine ranne headlong into the sea, and died in the water.

    33 Then the heardmen fled: and when they were come into the citie, they tolde all things, and what was become of them that were possessed with the deuils.

  • 23 And there was in their Synagogue a man in whome was an vncleane spirite, and hee cried out,

  • 16 And the man in whome the euil spirit was, ranne on them, and ouercame them, and preuailed against them, so that they fledde out of that house, naked, and wounded.

  • 12 And all ye deuils besought him, saying, Send vs into the swine, that we may enter into them.

  • 39 And loe, a spirit taketh him, and suddenly he crieth, and he teareth him, that he fometh, and hardly departeth from him, when he hath bruised him.

  • Mark 3:22-23
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    22 And the Scribes which came downe fro Hierusalem, saide, He hath Beelzebub, & through the prince of the deuils he casteth out deuils.

    23 But he called them vnto him, and said vnto them in parables, How can Satan driue out Sata?

  • Luke 8:37-38
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    37 Then the whole multitude of the countrey about the Gadarenes, besought him that he would depart from them: for they were taken with a great feare: and he went into the ship, and returned.

    38 Then the man, out of whome the deuils were departed, besought him that hee might be with him: but Iesus sent him away, saying,

  • 11 And the beast that was, and is not, is euen the eight, and is one of the seuen, and shall goe into destruction.

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    17 But he knew their thoughts, and said vnto them, Euery kingdom deuided against it self, shall be desolate, and an house deuided against an house, falleth.

    18 So if Satan also bee deuided against himselfe, howe shall his kingdome stande, because yee say that I cast out deuils through Beelzebub?

  • 27 And the raine fell, and the floods came, and the windes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell, and the fall thereof was great.

  • 33 And in the Synagogue there was a man which had a spirit of an vncleane deuill, which cryed with a loude voyce,

  • 20 Then he sayd, That which commeth out of man, that defileth man.

  • 18 And when he was come into the shippe, he that had bene possessed with the deuil, prayed him that he might be with him.

  • 35 Then they came out to see what was done, and came to Iesus, and found the man, out of whom the deuils were departed, sitting at the feete of Iesus, clothed, and in his right minde: and they were afrayd.

  • 26 Then the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out, and he was as one dead, in so much that many said, He is dead.