Luke 11:19-26

Jesus and Beelzebul

19 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, d by whom do e your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. 20 But if it is by f the finger of God that I cast out demons, then g the kingdom of God has come upon you. 21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are safe; 22 h but when one stronger than he attacks him and i overcomes him, he takes away his j armor in which he trusted and k divides his spoil. 23 l Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Return of an Unclean Spirit

24 m "When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through n waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' 25 And when it comes, it finds the house swept and put in order. 26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And o the last state of that person is worse than the first."

  1. Cross References
    Acts 19:13
    Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.
  2. Cross References
    2 Kings 2:7
    Fifty men of the sons of the prophets also went and stood at some distance from them, as they both were standing by the Jordan.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 8:19
    Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
    Exodus 31:18
    And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
    Deuteronomy 9:10
    And the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them were all the words that the Lord had spoken with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.
    Psalms 8:3
    When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place.
  4. Cross References
    Luke 17:21
    Nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.
    Matthew 19:24
    Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.
    Matthew 21:31
    Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.
    Matthew 21:43
    Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 49:24 - 26
    Can the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?
  6. Cross References
    John 16:33
    I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
  7. Cross References
    Ephesians 6:11
    Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 53:12
    Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.
  9. Cross References
    Matthew 12:30
    Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
    Luke 9:50
    But Jesus said to him, "Do not stop him, for the one who is not against you is for you.
    Mark 9:40
    For the one who is not against us is for us.
  10. Cross References
    Luke 11:24 - 26
    "When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
    Matthew 12:43 - 45
    When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 63:1
    O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
    Jeremiah 2:6
    They did not say, 'Where is the Lord who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, in a land that none passes through, where no man dwells?
  12. Cross References
    Luke 11:24 - 26
    "When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
    Matthew 12:43 - 45
    When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
  13. Cross References
    2 Peter 2:20 - 22
    For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
    John 5:14
    Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.
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