Luke 11:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, I will return to my house from which I came.

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  • Ps 63:1 : 1 O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where there is no water;
  • Matt 12:43-45 : 43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. 44 Then he says, I will return to my house from which I came out; and when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and decorated. 45 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Job 1:7 : 7 And the LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it."
  • Job 2:2 : 2 And the LORD said to Satan, Where do you come from? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
  • Isa 35:1-2 : 1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the rose. 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the majesty of our God.
  • Isa 35:7 : 7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water; in the habitation of jackals, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
  • Isa 41:17-19 : 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. 18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
  • Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing upon your offspring:
  • Isa 48:22 : 22 There is no peace, says the LORD, for the wicked.
  • Isa 57:20-21 : 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 21 There is no peace, says my God, to the wicked.
  • Ezek 47:8-9 : 8 Then he said to me, These waters flow toward the eastern region, and go into the desert, and go into the sea: which when flowing into the sea, the waters shall be healed. 9 And it shall come to pass, that every living creature that moves, wherever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall go there: for they shall be healed; and everything shall live wherever the river comes. 10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishermen shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, very many. 11 But the miry places and the marshes shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
  • Mark 5:10 : 10 And he begged him earnestly that he would not send them away out of the country.
  • Mark 9:25 : 25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more.
  • Eph 2:2 : 2 In which in times past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience:
  • Judg 6:37-40 : 37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said. 38 And it was so. For he rose up early the next morning, and squeezed together the fleece, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. 39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not your anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray you, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. 40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they do not sleep unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

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    43When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.

    44Then he says, I will return to my house from which I came out; and when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and decorated.

    45Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.

  • Luke 11:25-26
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    25And when he comes, he finds it swept and cleaned.

    26Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

  • Mark 1:25-26
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    25And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent, and come out of him.

    26And when the unclean spirit convulsed him and cried with a loud voice, it came out of him.

  • Mark 5:2-4
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    2And when he came out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

    3Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

    4Because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces: neither could anyone tame him.

  • Mark 5:8-10
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    8For he said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.

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

    10And he begged him earnestly that he would not send them away out of the country.

  • Mark 1:23
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    23And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

  • Luke 8:27
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    27And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, who had demons a long time, and wore no clothes, neither lived in any house, but in the tombs.

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    21When a strong man, armed, guards his palace, his goods are in peace:

    22But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him, he takes from him all his armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.

    23He who is not with me is against me: and he who does not gather with me scatters.

  • Luke 8:37-39
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    37Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about begged him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

    38Now the man out of whom the demons had departed begged him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,

    39Return to your own house, and show how great things God has done for you. And he went his way, and proclaimed throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done for him.

  • Luke 8:29
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    29For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For often it had seized him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he broke the bands, and was driven by the devil into the wilderness.

  • Mark 3:27
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    27No man can enter into a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man; and then he will plunder his house.

  • Matt 8:28
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    28And when he came to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

  • Matt 12:29-30
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    29Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house and plunder his goods, except he first bind the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

    30He that is not with me is against me; and he that does not gather with me scatters abroad.

  • Luke 4:33
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    33And in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

  • Lev 14:45-46
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    45And he shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them outside the city to an unclean place.

    46Moreover he that goes into the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until evening.

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    13And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

    14And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.

  • Acts 19:16
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    16And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

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    33Then went the demons out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were drowned.

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    26And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?

  • Mark 3:30
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    30Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

  • Mark 5:18
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    18And when he was getting into the ship, he who had been possessed with the demon begged him that he might be with him.

  • Mark 9:25
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    25When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter him no more.

  • Luke 8:35
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    35Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the demons had departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

  • Mark 7:23-24
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    23All these evil things come from within and defile a man.

    24From there he arose and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon, and entered a house, and did not want anyone to know it; but he could not be hidden.

  • Job 7:10
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    10He shall return no more to his house, nor shall his place know him anymore.

  • Luke 9:4
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    4And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart.

  • Luke 10:6
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    6And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon it: if not, it will return to you.

  • Matt 8:31
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    31So the demons begged him, saying, If you cast us out, allow us to go away into the herd of swine.

  • Luke 11:17-18
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    17But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falls.

    18If Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because you say I cast out demons through Beelzebub.

  • Luke 9:39
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    39And suddenly a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out; it convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and it departs from him with great difficulty, bruising him.

  • Mark 7:30
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    30And when she had come to her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.

  • Luke 11:14
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    14And he was casting out a demon, and it was mute. And it happened when the demon had gone out, the mute spoke; and the people wondered.

  • Mark 5:15
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    15And they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been possessed with the demon, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.