Matthew 12:45 References

45 "Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and athe last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation."

a Mark 5:9, Luke 11:26, Hebrews 6:4-8, 2 Peter 2:20


Mark 5

9 And He was asking him, "What is your name?" And he said to Him, "My name is aLegion; for we are many."

Luke 11

26 "Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first."

Hebrews 6

4 For in the case of those who have once been aenlightened and have tasted of bthe heavenly gift and have been made cpartakers of the Holy Spirit,
5 and ahave tasted the good bword of God and the powers of cthe age to come,
6 and then have fallen away, it is aimpossible to renew them again to repentance, bsince they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.
7 For ground that drinks the rain which often falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those afor whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God;
8 but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and aclose to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.

2 Peter 2

20 For if, after they have aescaped the defilements of the world by bthe knowledge of the cLord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again dentangled in them and are overcome, ethe last state has become worse for them than the first.