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44 Then he says: I will return to my house, out of which I came. And he comes and finds it empty, swept, and set in order. 45 Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in and dwell there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it be with this wicked generation. 46 While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood without, desiring to speak to him. 47 And some one said to him: Behold, your mother and your brothers stand without, desiring to speak to you. 48 But he answered and said to him that told him: Who is my mother? and who are my brothers? 49 And he stretched out his hand toward his disciples, and said: Behold my mother and my brothers. 50 For whoever will do the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. Matthew 12:44-50, Anderson New Testament. Public domain.
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