Matthew 12:45

Good News Translation

Then it goes out and brings along seven other spirits even worse than itself, and they come and live there. So when it is all over, that person is in worse shape than at the beginning. This is what will happen to the evil people of this day.”

Cross References

Leviticus 13:20

The priest shall examine you, and if the spot seems to be deeper than the surrounding skin and the hairs in it have turned white, he shall pronounce you unclean. It is a dreaded skin disease that has started in the boil.

Matthew 12:24

When the Pharisees heard this, they replied, “He drives out demons only because their ruler Beelzebul gives him power to do so.”

Matthew 12:44

it says to itself, ‘I will go back to my house.’ So it goes back and finds the house empty, clean, and all fixed up.

Matthew 23:15

“How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You sail the seas and cross whole countries to win one convert; and when you succeed, you make him twice as deserving of going to hell as you yourselves are!

Matthew 23:24

Blind guides! You strain a fly out of your drink, but swallow a camel!

Mark 16:9

After Jesus rose from death early on Sunday, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons. The women went to Peter and his friends and gave them a brief account of all they had been told.

Mark 5:9

So Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” The man answered, “My name is ‘Mob’—there are so many of us!”

Luke 11:26

Then it goes out and brings seven other spirits even worse than itself, and they come and live there. So when it is all over, that person is in worse shape than at the beginning.”

Ephesians 6:12

For we are not fighting against human beings but against the wicked spiritual forces in the heavenly world, the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark age.

Hebrews 10:39

We are not people who turn back and are lost. Instead, we have faith and are saved.