Matthew 12:45-47

EasyEnglish Bible

⁴⁵ So the bad spirit goes out and it brings back seven other spirits. They are even worse than itself. They all go into the person and they live there. Now the person's life is even worse than it was before. The same thing will happen to you bad people who are alive today.’^[a]

Jesus speaks about his family

⁴⁶ While Jesus was still speaking to the crowd of people, his mother and his brothers arrived. They stood outside the house. They wanted to speak to Jesus. ⁴⁷ Someone told him, ‘Look! Your mother and brothers are standing outside. They want to speak to you.’