Study it in the app“Then 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.””
Thenτότεit goesπορεύεταιandκαὶtakesπαραλαμβάνειwithμεθ’itἑαυτοῦsevenἑπτὰotherἕτεραspiritsπνεύματαmore evilπονηρότεραthan itself,ἑαυτοῦandκαὶthey go inεἰσελθόνταand liveκατοικεῖthere;ἐκεῖandκαὶthe last stateτὰ ἔσχαταof thatἐκείνουmanτοῦ ἀνθρώπουbecomesγίνεταιworseχείροναthan the first.τῶν πρώτωνSoοὕτωςit will beἔσταιalsoκαὶwith thisτῇ ταύτῃevilτῇ πονηρᾷgeneration.”γενεᾷ
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” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estai” appearsgeneration
Generation: the people born around the same time, or each step from parent to child in a family.
Where else “geneai” 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.
Matthew 12:43-45
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.”
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.”
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.
45 · This verse (above)
46While he was still speaking to the crowds, look, his mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to him.
1. What it says
How did Jesus answer the Pharisees when they criticized his disciples for picking grain on the Sabbath (vv. 3–8)?
2. What it means
What does “I desire mercy, and not sacrifice” mean in Jesus' reply (v. 7)?
3. How I live it
Jesus says the mouth speaks from the heart's abundance (v. 34). Which of your words today would you like to guard?
