Luke 11:24

Contemporary English Version 1995

When an evil spirit leaves a person, it travels through the desert, looking for a place to rest. But when it doesn't find a place, it says, “I will go back to the home I left.”

Cross References

1 Peter 5:8

Be on your guard and stay awake. Your enemy, the devil, is like a roaring lion, sneaking around to find someone to attack.

Psalm 63:1

You are my God. I worship you. In my heart, I long for you, as I would long for a stream in a scorching desert.

Job 2:2

and the Lord asked, “Satan, where have you been?” Satan replied, “I have been going all over the earth.”

Job 1:7

the Lord asked, “Satan, where have you been?” Satan replied, “I have been going all over the earth.”

Mark 5:10

He then begged Jesus not to send them away.

Isaiah 48:22

But the Lord has promised that none who are evil will live in peace.”

Ephesians 2:2

You followed the ways of this world and obeyed the devil. He rules the world, and his spirit has power over everyone who doesn't obey God.

Mark 9:25

When Jesus saw that a crowd was gathering fast, he spoke sternly to the evil spirit that had kept the boy from speaking or hearing. He said, “I order you to come out of the boy! Don't ever bother him again.”

Isaiah 44:3

I will bless the thirsty land by sending streams of water; I will bless your descendants by giving them my Spirit.

Isaiah 35:7

Scorching sand will turn into a lake, and thirsty ground will flow with fountains. Grass will grow in deserts, where packs of wild dogs once made their home.

Proverbs 4:16

They can't sleep or rest until they do wrong or harm some innocent victim.

Luke 11:25

When it gets there and finds the place clean and fixed up,