Matthew 12:45

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Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and live there. And in the end, the man becomes worse than he was at first. So, too, shall it be with this most wicked generation."

Cross References

Leviticus 13:20

And when he will have seen the place of the leprosy lower than the rest of the flesh, and that the hair has turned white, he shall declare him contaminated. For the plague of leprosy has arisen from the ulcer.

Matthew 12:24

But the Pharisees, hearing it, said, "This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebub, the prince of the demons."

Matthew 12:44

Then he says, 'I will return to my house, from which I departed'. And arriving, he finds it vacant, swept clean, and decorated.

Matthew 17:21

And when they were conversing together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: "The Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.

Matthew 23:15

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and by land, in order to make one convert. And when he has been converted, you make him twice the son of Hell that you are yourselves.

Matthew 23:24

You blind guides, straining out a gnat, while swallowing a camel!

Mark 16:9

But he, rising early on the first Sabbath, appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.

Mark 5:9

And he questioned him: "What is your name?" And he said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

Luke 11:26

Then he goes, and he takes in seven other spirits with him, more wicked than himself, and they enter and live there. And so, the end of that man is made worse the beginning."

Ephesians 6:12

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against the directors of this world of darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in high places.

Hebrews 10:39

So then, we are not sons who are drawn away to perdition, but we are sons of faith toward the securing of the soul.