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Matthew 12:45Matt.12.45

‹Then goeth he, and taketh with himself 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. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.›

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Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Il s'en va, et il prend avec lui sept autres esprits plus méchants que lui; ils entrent dans la maison, s'y établissent, et la dernière condition de cet homme est pire que la première. Il en sera de même pour cette génération méchante.

KJV

‹Then goeth he, and taketh with himself 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. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.›

Patristic reading

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  • CYRIL ALEXANDRIEN

    Commentarii in Matthaeum

    ησιν των Χριστου μυστηριων αει συλλεγειν και συνδιατιθεναι και τον λογον επιτελειν ανεπιπληκτον. 163 Mt 12, 43–45 Και μαλα εικοτως· οταν γαρ απαξ τις ελευθερωθεις των κακων μη σωφρονισθηι, πολλωι χαλεπωτερα πεισεται των προτερων· δια γαρ τουτο ειπεν· ουχ ευρισκει αναπαυσιν, ινα δ…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 120 (Migne)

    dit ipsa concupiscentia et possedit eamdem domum, ut sint novissima hominis illius pejora prioribus (Matth. XII, 45) . Etenim Judaeis gravius est nunc quotidie in synagogis Christum obstinato animo blasphemare, quam cum in Aegypto ante legis notitiam idolis serviebant, daemonibus…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 120 (Migne)

    spiritus nequiores se, et ingressi habitant ibi, et sunt novissima hominis illius pejora prioribus (Matth. XII, 43-45) . Haec, quia Scribis et Pharisaeis contigerat, [Col. 0771D] de quibus jam supra dixerat, non excessit numerum vitiorum, nec numerum vindictae, sed toties vae im…

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