AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT’S RETURN

43 “When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it roams through waterless places looking for rest but doesn’t find any.ah 44 Then it says, ‘I’ll go back to my house that I came from.’ Returning, it finds the house vacant, swept, and put in order. 45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that person’s last condition is worse than the first.a That’s how it will also be with this evil generation.”

TRUE RELATIONSHIPS

46 While heb was still speaking with the crowds, his mother and brothers were standing outside wanting to speak to him.c 47 Someone told him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”A

48 He replied to the one who was speaking to him, “Who is my mother and who are my brothers?” 49 Stretching out his hand toward his disciples,d he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”e