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Matthew 12:43-49 New English Translation (NET)

43. “When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

44. Then it says, ‘I will return to the home I left.’ When it returns, it finds the house empty, swept clean, and put in order.

45. Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!”

46. While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside, asking to speak to him.

47. Someone told him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to speak to you.”

48. To the one who had said this, Jesus replied, “Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”

49. And pointing toward his disciples he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!

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