An Unclean Spirit Returns
The returned spirit finds order but no occupant, brings others with it, and leaves the man in a worse state than before.
W24hen an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ 25On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. 26Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
Verse 24An unclean spirit leaves a man, searches for rest, and plans to return.
The verse begins the warning with departure and search.
Verse 25It returns and finds the house swept and put in order.
The verse shows the house left empty and prepared.
Verse 26The spirit returns with seven worse spirits, and the final condition is worse than the first.
The verse closes the warning with deepened ruin.
A quiet block diagram: each row is one authored paragraph movement, with verse numbers kept visible for scanning and deeper work.
- vv. 24-26
The returned spirit finds order but no occupant, brings others with it, and leaves the man in a worse state than before.
This paragraph warns that an empty house invites further ruin again when it remains unfilled.