^11:26Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so⁸⁰ the last state of that person⁸¹ is worse than the first.”⁸²

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Footnotes

80 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the concluding point of the story.
81 Grk “man.” This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos), referring to both males and females.
82 The point of the story is that to fail to respond is to risk a worse fate than when one started.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And the last state of that person is worse than the first.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then it goes and brings 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.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then it goes and brings 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!”

KJV 1900King James Version

Then goeth he, and taketh to him 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.

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