12:43-45 What does Jesus mean by His saying that when an unclean spirit returns to his house and finds it empty he will re-enter the house with seven other spirits more wicked than himself etc...?

12:43-45 What does Jesus mean by His saying that when an unclean spirit returns to his house and finds it empty he will re-enter the house with seven other spirits more wicked than himself etc...?

Here Jesus predicts and illustrates the fact that the Jews would become more wicked after their rejection of Him than they were before, but this also applies to once-saved believers who go back into sin (cp 2Pe 2:20-22).

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