Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 11:24

"The unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and finding none, he saith, I will turn back unto my house whence I came out." — Luke 11:24 (ASV)

He walks through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, I will return to my house from where I came out.

It was his house the whole time; he left it voluntarily, he was not driven out by force; he simply left it for a time so that he might return to it, and retain it more completely. Now he goes back to it.

He walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house—

You see that he still calls it his house. He has gone out for a walk, but he has taken the key of his house with him. Some people sign the pledge and give up being drunkards for a time, but if the devil is still their master, he has only gone away for a while, and he will come back again before long. If he goes out of his own accord, he will come back when he pleases: "I will return unto my house"—

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man,

Satan sometimes goes out of men entirely of his own accord, without being turned out. He goes out for a walk, intending to return. Many a man has stopped being a drunkard or stopped being lascivious—for a time: when the unclean spirit is gone out of a man,.