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Luke 11:25

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11:25When it returns,77 it finds the house78 swept clean and put in order.79

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Footnotes

  1. 77 Grk “comes.”
  2. 78 The words “the house” are not in Greek but are implied.
  3. 79 The image of the house swept clean and put in order refers to the life of the person from whom the demon departed. The key to the example appears to be that no one else has been invited in to dwell. If an exorcism occurs and there is no response to God, then the way is free for the demon to return. Some see the reference to exorcism as more symbolic; thus the story’s only point is about responding to Jesus. This is possible and certainly is an application of the passage.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And when it comes, it finds the house swept and put in order.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Returning, it finds the house swept and put in order.

NLTNew Living Translation

So it returns and finds that its former home is all swept and in order.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And when it arrives it finds the house swept and put in order.

KJV 1900King James Version

And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.