Matthew 12:45

Weymouth NT

Then he goes and brings back with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they come in and dwell there; and in the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first. So will it be also with the present wicked generation.«

Cross References

Matthew 12:24

The Pharisees heard it and said, »This man only expels demons by the power of Baal-zebul, the Prince of demons.«

Matthew 12:44

Then he says, `I will return to my house that I left;' and he comes and finds it unoccupied, swept clean, and in good order.

Matthew 17:21

But an evil spirit of this kind is only driven out by prayer and fasting.«

Matthew 23:15

»Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you scour sea and land in order to win one convert–and when he is gained, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.«

Matthew 23:24

You blind guides, straining out the gnat while you gulp down the camel!

Mark 16:9

[But He rose to life early on the first day of the week, and appeared first to Mary of Magdala from whom He had expelled seven demons.

Mark 5:9

Jesus also questioned him. »What is your name?« He said. »Legion,« he replied, »for there are a host of us.«

Luke 11:26

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more malignant than itself, and they enter and dwell there; and in the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first.

Ephesians 6:12

For ours is not a conflict with mere flesh and blood, but with the despotisms, the empires, the forces that control and govern this dark world–the spiritual hosts of evil arrayed against us in the heavenly warfare.

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not people who shrink back and perish, but are among those who believe and gain possession of their souls.