Then goes he, and takes with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also to this wicked generation. Treasury of Scripture seven. Matthew 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. Mark 5:9 And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. Mark 16:9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers... more. Matthew 23:15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made... and the. Luke 11:26 Then goes he, and takes to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there... Hebrews 6:4-8 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift... Hebrews 10:26-31,39 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins... 2 Peter 2:14-22 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls... 1 John 5:16,17 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not to death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not to death... Jude 1:10-13 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts... Even. And so it was; for they became worse and worse, as if totally abandoned to diabolical influence, till the besom of destruction swept them away. Matthew 21:38-44 But when the farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him... Matthew 23:32-39,24,34 Fill you up then the measure of your fathers... Luke 11:49-51 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute... Luke 19:41-44 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it... John 15:22-24 If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin... Romans 11:8-10 (According as it is written, God has given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see... 1 Thessalonians 2:15,16 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men...
Context The Sign of Jonah
38Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from you. 39But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. 42The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. 43When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. 44Then he said, I will return into my house from where I came out; and when he is come, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished. 45Then goes he, and takes with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also to this wicked generation. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man in made worse than the first. So shall it be also to this wicked generation.
Darby Bible Translation
Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. Thus shall it be to this wicked generation also.
King James Bible
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
Young's Literal Translation
then doth it go, and take with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having gone in they dwell there, and the last of that man doth become worse than the first; so shall it be also to this evil generation.'
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