Luke 11:24

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Response to Jesus’ Work“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but not finding any. Then it says,‘I will return to the home I left.’

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  • Ps 63:1 : 1 A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
  • Matt 12:43-45 : 43 The Return of the Unclean Spirit“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it. 44 Then it says,‘I will return to the home I left.’ When it returns, it finds the house empty, swept clean, and put in order. 45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!”
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.
  • Job 1:7 : 7 The LORD said to Satan,“Where have you come from?” And Satan answered the LORD,“From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”
  • Job 2:2 : 2 And the LORD said to Satan,“Where do you come from?” Satan answered the LORD,“From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”
  • Isa 35:1-2 : 1 The Land and Its People Are Transformed Let the wilderness and desert be happy; let the arid rift valley rejoice and bloom like a lily! 2 Let it richly bloom; let it rejoice and shout with delight! It is given the grandeur of Lebanon, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the grandeur of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
  • Isa 35:7 : 7 The dry soil will become a pool of water, the parched ground springs of water. Where jackals once lived and sprawled out, grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow.
  • Isa 41:17-19 : 17 The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the LORD, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them. 18 I will make streams flow down the slopes and produce springs in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the wilderness into a pool of water and the arid land into springs. 19 I will make cedars, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees grow in the wilderness; I will make evergreens, firs, and cypresses grow together in the arid rift valley.
  • Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my Spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children.
  • Isa 48:22 : 22 There will be no prosperity for the wicked,” says the LORD.
  • Isa 57:20-21 : 20 But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand. 21 There will be no prosperity,” says my God,“for the wicked.”
  • Ezek 47:8-9 : 8 He said to me,“These waters go out toward the eastern region and flow down into the rift valley; when they enter the Dead Sea, where the sea is stagnant, the waters become fresh. 9 Every living creature which swarms where the river flows will live; there will be many fish, for these waters flow there. It will become fresh and everything will live where the river flows. 10 Fishermen will stand beside it; from En Gedi to En Eglaim they will spread nets. They will catch many kinds of fish, like the fish of the Great Sea. 11 But its swamps and its marshes will not become fresh; they will remain salty.
  • Mark 5:10 : 10 He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region.
  • Mark 9:25 : 25 Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it,“Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”
  • Eph 2:2 : 2 in which you formerly lived according to this world’s present path, according to the ruler of the domain of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,
  • Judg 6:37-40 : 37 Look, I am putting a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece, and the ground around it is dry, then I will be sure that you will use me to deliver Israel, as you promised.” 38 The LORD did as he asked. When he got up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece, and enough dew dripped from it to fill a bowl. 39 Gideon said to God,“Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew.” 40 That night God did as he asked. Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

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    43The Return of the Unclean Spirit“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

    44Then it says,‘I will return to the home I left.’ When it returns, it finds the house empty, swept clean, and put in order.

    45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!”

  • Luke 11:25-26
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    25When it returns, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

    26Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first.”

  • Mark 1:25-26
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    25But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!”

    26After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

  • Mark 5:2-4
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    2Just as Jesus was getting out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came from the tombs and met him.

    3He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.

    4For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

  • Mark 5:8-10
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    8(For Jesus had said to him,“Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!”)

    9Jesus asked him,“What is your name?” And he said,“My name is Legion, for we are many.”

    10He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region.

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    23Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

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    27As Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man from the town met him who was possessed by demons. For a long time this man had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among the tombs.

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    21When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe.

    22But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.

    23Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

  • Luke 8:37-39
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    37Then all the people of the Gerasenes and the surrounding region asked Jesus to leave them alone, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and left.

    38The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

    39“Return to your home, and declare what God has done for you.” So he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town what Jesus had done for him.

  • Luke 8:29
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    29For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man.(For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)

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    27But no one is able to enter a strong man’s house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

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    28Healing the Gadarene Demoniacs When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.

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    29How else can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house.

    30Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

  • Luke 4:33
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    33Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

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    13And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

    14And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town.

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    16Then the man who was possessed by the evil spirit jumped on them and beat them all into submission. He prevailed against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.

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    33So the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.

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    26So if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

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    30(because they said,“He has an unclean spirit”).

  • Mark 5:18
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    18As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed asked if he could go with him.

  • Mark 9:25
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    25Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it,“Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”

  • Luke 8:35
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    35So the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.

  • Mark 7:23-24
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    23All these evils come from within and defile a person.”

    24A Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith After Jesus left there, he went to the region of Tyre. When he went into a house, he did not want anyone to know, but he was not able to escape notice.

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    10He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.

  • Luke 9:4
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    4Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave the area.

  • Luke 10:6
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    6And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.

  • Matt 8:31
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    31Then the demons begged him,“If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

  • Luke 11:17-18
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    17But Jesus, realizing their thoughts, said to them,“Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and a divided household falls.

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  • Luke 9:39
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    39A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing him severely.

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    30She went home and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

  • Luke 11:14
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    14Jesus and Beelzebul Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed.

  • Mark 5:15
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    15They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind– the one who had the“Legion”– and they were afraid.