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Luke 11:24Luke.11.24

‹When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.›

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Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Lorsque l'esprit impur est sorti d'un homme, il va dans des lieux arides, pour chercher du repos. N'en trouvant point, il dit: Je retournerai dans ma maison d'où je suis sorti;

KJV

‹When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.›

Patristic reading

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  • Phoebadius of Agen

    Book against the Arians

    you will find; ask, and it will be given to you; knock, and it will be opened to you" (Matthew 7:7; Luke 11:24) . And again: "Father, you have hidden these things from the wise and revealed them to little children" (Matthew 11:25) : certainly to us, to whom the Lord says: "T…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    an's purpose was to "scatter" those whom Christ "gathered" together [*Cf. Mat. 12:24-30 ; Mk. 3:22 ; Lk. 11:15-32 ]. Whether Christ began to work miracles when He changed water into wine at the marriage feast? Objection 1: It would seem that Christ did not begin to work miracles…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    eady taken away through Penance, return through each subsequent mortal sin. Objection 2: Further, on Lk. 11:24, "I will return into my house, whence I came out," Bede says: "This verse should make us tremble, we should not endeavor to explain it away lest through carelessness we…

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