Luke 11:26

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so ¹  the last state of that person ²  is worse than the first.” ³ 

Zep 1:6; Mt 12:45; Mt 23:15; Joh 5:14; Heb 6:4-8; Heb 10:26-31; 2Pe 2:20-22; 1Jo 5:16; Jude 1:12,13

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the concluding point of the story.

² tn Grk “man.” This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), referring to both males and females.

³ sn The point of the story is that to fail to respond is to risk a worse fate than when one started.