"Thenit says,'I will returnto my housefrom whichI came;and when it comes,it finds[it] unoccupied,swept,and put in order.
For their heartsare like an oven[As] they approachtheir plotting;Their angersmoldersallnight,In the morningit burnslike a flamingfire.
"Orhowcananyoneenterthe strongman'shouseand carry offhis property,unlesshe firstbindsthe strong[man]? And thenhe will plunderhis house.
"Nowwhenthe uncleanspiritgoesout of a man,it passesthroughwaterlessplacesseekingrest,and does not find[it].
"Thenit goesand takes alongwith it sevenotherspiritsmore wickedthan itself,and they goin and livethere;and the laststate of that manbecomesworsethan the first.That is the wayit will alsobe with thisevilgeneration."
"And when it comes,it findsit sweptand put in order.
Nowhe saidthis,not becausehe was concernedaboutthe poor,but becausehe was a thief,and as he hadthe money box,he used to pilferwhat was putinto it.
Duringsupper,the devilhaving alreadyputinto the heartof JudasIscariot,[the son] of Simon,to betrayHim,
Afterthe morsel,Satanthenenteredinto him. ThereforeJesussaidto him, "Whatyou do,doquickly."
For there mustalsobe factionsamongyou, sothat thosewho are approvedmay becomeevidentamongyou.
in whichyou formerlywalkedaccordingto the courseof thisworld,accordingto the princeof the powerof the air,of the spiritthat is nowworkingin the sonsof disobedience.
They wentout from us, but they were not [really] of us; for ifthey had beenof us, they would have remainedwith us; but [they went out], sothat it would be shownthat they allare not of us.
You are from God,little children,and have overcomethem; becausegreateris He who is in you thanhe who is in the world.
