Matius 10:1

Sending Out the Twelve Apostles

10:1 Jesus ¹  called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits ²  so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness. ³ 

Matius 12:43

The Return of the Unclean Spirit

12:43 “When ⁴  an unclean spirit ⁵  goes out of a person, ⁶  it passes through waterless places ⁷  looking for rest but ⁸  does not find it.

Matius 13:39

13:39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

[10:1]  ¹ tn Grk “And he.”

[10:1]  ² sn Unclean spirits refers to evil spirits.

[10:1]  ³ tn Grk “and every [kind of] sickness.” Here “every” was not repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[12:43]  ⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[12:43]  ⁵ sn Unclean spirit refers to an evil spirit.

[12:43]  ⁶ tn Grk “man.” This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), referring to both males and females. This same use occurs in v. 45.

[12:43]  ⁷ sn The background for the reference to waterless places is not entirely clear, though some Jewish texts suggest spirits must have a place to dwell, but not with water (Luke 8:29-31; Tob 8:3). Some suggest that the image of the desert or deserted cities as the places demons dwell is where this idea started (Isa 13:21; 34:14).

[12:43]  ⁸ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.