Matthew 12:45

The Scriptures 1998

“Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And the last of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.”

Cross References

Leviticus 13:20

“And the priest shall look and see, if it appears deeper than the skin, and its hair has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean, it is a leprous infection which has broken out of the boil.

Matthew 12:24

But when the Pharisees heard it they said, “This one does not cast out demons except by Beʽ

Matthew 12:44

“Then it says, ‘I shall return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds it empty, swept, and decorated.

Matthew 17:21

“But this kind does not go out except through prayer and fasting.”

Matthew 23:15

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you go about the land and the sea to win one convert, and when he is won, you make him a son of Gehenna twofold more than yourselves.

Matthew 23:24

“Blind guides – straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!

Mark 16:9

And having risen early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Miryam from Magdala, from whom He had cast out seven demons.

Mark 5:9

And He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he answered, saying, “My name is Legion, because we are many.”

Luke 11:26

then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”

Ephesians 6:12

Because we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against authorities, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual matters of wickedness in the heavenlies.

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of belief to the preservation of life.