An Unclean Spirit Returns
Luke 11:25
In 9 translations
- BSB
- On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
- KJV
- And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
- WEB
- When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.
- ASV
- And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.
- LSV
- and having come, it finds [it] swept and adorned;
- YLT
- and having come, it findeth [it] swept and adorned;
- DBY
- And having come, he finds it swept and adorned.
- DRC
- And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.
- GNV
- And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, Westcott–Hort include σχολάζοντα (“being unoccupied”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: εὑρίσκει. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read εὑρίσκει; Westcott and Hort (1881) add σχολάζοντα.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἐλθὸν εὑρίσκει σεσαρωμένον καὶ κεκοσμημένον.
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἐλθὸν εὑρίσκει σεσαρωμένον καὶ κεκοσμημένον.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἐλθὸν εὑρίσκει σεσαρωμένον καὶ κεκοσμημένον.
- SCR1894
- και ελθον ευρισκει σεσαρωμενον και κεκοσμημενον
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Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Peter 2:10–19Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings. Yet not even angels, though…
- Jude 1:8–13Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings. But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a…
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they…
- Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
- Matthew 12:44–45Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order. Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in…
- Psalms 81:11–12But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me. So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
- 2 Chronicles 24:17–22After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them. They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and…
- Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
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