"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 the priestshall look,and behold,[if] it appearsto be lowerthanthe skin,and the hairon it has turnedwhite,then the priestshall pronouncehim unclean;it is the infectionof leprosy,it has brokenout in the boil.
But when the Phariseesheard[this], they said,"This mancastsout demonsonlyby Beelzebulthe rulerof the demons."
"Thenit says,'I will returnto my housefrom whichI came;and when it comes,it finds[it] unoccupied,swept,and put in order.
["But thiskinddoes not goout exceptby prayerand fasting.]"
"Woeto you, scribesand Pharisees,hypocrites,becauseyou travel aroundon seaand landto makeoneproselyte;and whenhe becomesone, you makehim twice as mucha sonof hellas yourselves.
"You blindguides,who strainout a gnatand swallowa camel!
[Nowafter He had risenearlyon the firstday of the week,He firstappearedto MaryMagdalene,from whomHe had castout sevendemons.
And He was askinghim, "Whatis your name?"And he saidto Him, "My nameis Legion;for we are many."
"Thenit goesand takes[along] sevenotherspiritsmore evilthan itself,and they goin and livethere;and the laststate of that manbecomesworsethan the first."
For our struggleis not againstfleshand blood,but againstthe rulers,againstthe powers,againstthe world forcesof thisdarkness,againstthe spiritual[forces] of wickednessin the heavenly[places].
But we are not of those who shrink backto destruction,but of those who have faithto the preservingof the soul.
