Study it in the app“Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that person becomes worse than the first.””
Thenτότεit goesπορεύεταιandκαὶtakes alongπαραλαμβάνειsevenἑπτάotherἕτεραspiritsπνεύματαmore evilπονηρότεραthan itself,ἑαυτοῦandκαὶthey go inεἰσελθόνταandliveκατοικεῖthere;ἐκεῖandκαὶthe last stateτὰ ἔσχαταof thatἐκείνουpersonτοῦ ἀνθρώπουbecomesγίνεταιworseχείροναthan the first.”τῶν πρώτων
then
Then, at that time.
Where else “tote” appearsgo
To go somewhere, set out.
Where else “poreuetai” appearstake along
To take someone along, into one's care or company.
Where else “paralambanei” appearsseven
Seven.
Where else “hepta” appearsother, another
Other, another, different.
Where else “hetera” appearsevil spirit
An invisible being without a body, often evil: a demon.
Where else “pneumata” appearsevil
One who does or desires evil, opposed to God and the good.
Where else “ponērotera” appearsenter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eiselthonta” appearsdwell, live
Dwell, live in a place, inhabit.
Where else “katoikei” appearslast
The one who comes behind all, in line or in esteem.
Where else “eschata” appearsperson
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpou” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “ginetai” appearsworse
Worse.
Where else “cheirona” appearsfirst
The one who comes before all others, in time or in order.
Where else “prōtōn” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The unclean spirit returns
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
Luke 11:24-26
24When the unclean spirit goes out of the person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest; and not finding any, it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came out.’ 25And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order. 26Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that person becomes worse than the first.”
43When the unclean spirit goes out of the man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it. 44Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came out.’ And when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order. 45Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So it will be also with this evil generation.”
25And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.
26 · This verse (above)
27Now it happened, as he was saying these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Happy is the womb that carried you, and the breasts that you nursed at!”
1. What it says
When the disciples ask to be taught to pray, what does Jesus tell them to say, and what stories does he add? (vv. 1-13)
2. What it means
Jesus says “ask, seek, knock” and compares God to a father who gives good gifts. What does that teach about what God is like? (vv. 9-13)
3. How I live it
What concrete thing would you like to ask God today, with the trust a child has when speaking to a father?
