Verse 43. When the unclean spirit, etc. The general sentiment which our Savior here teaches is much more easily understood than t…

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man — The parable is introduced abruptly, po ibly because here, as elsewhere, we have only part o…

Well is the devil named “the unclean spirit.” He loves what is foul and makes the man in whom he dwells filthy in heart. In the incident d…

St. John Chrysostom: The Lord had said to the Jews, “The men of Nineveh shall rise in the judgment with this generation, a…

When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes “through arid places” in search of rest. This conforms to the view that demons have an affinity for su…

But when the unclean spirit hath gone out. He speaks of scribes and hypocrites of a similar character, who, despising the grace of God, en…

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man
By "the unclean" spirit, is meant Satan, the old serpent, the devil; wh…

Though Christ is always ready to hear and answer holy desires and prayers, yet those who ask wrongly, ask and do not receive. Signs were granted to…

Above, the Lord refuted those disparaging His miracles and doctrine; here He rebukes those tempting Him. And here the Evangelist does two things: