<p>12:45&nbsp;<em>Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation</em>- &ldquo;State&rdquo; is an addition from the translators. &ldquo;The last&rdquo; was the state of condemnation which that generation ended up in. The Lord&rsquo;s comments that the first would be &ldquo;last&rdquo; (Mt. 20:16) could therefore be taken as a reference to the final condemnation of the Jewish religious leadership, &ldquo;the first&rdquo;. However, &ldquo;the last&rdquo;, the&nbsp;<em>eschatos</em>, could refer to their status at the judgment of the last day. But the essence of judgment is now, and the Lord saw them as already in that state. It &ldquo;<em>is</em>&nbsp;worse&rdquo; and yet thus &lsquo;it&nbsp;<em>shall&nbsp;</em>be&rsquo; for that generation.</p>