<p>11:24 <i>When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says-</i> The ministry of the Lord Jesus was a follow up to that of John the Baptist, and that theme is never far from us in Luke's Gospel. Those not against who are for in :23 may well refer to John's disciples. The unclean spirit was cast out of Israel due to their surface level response to John's preaching- this was the sweeping of the house. But it returned and that generation became more evil than before. This lays the basis for the parable of the sower, which was told the same day- the seed initially experienced some growth, but then the 'evil one', the Jewish system, stunted that growth. Demons supposedly didn&rsquo;t like water (as in Mt. 8:28-34). Again we find the Lord using the language of the day without correcting it. The reference is also to the Jews going into the wilderness to hear John&rsquo;s preaching.</p><p><i>I will return to my house from which I came</i>- The Greek word is elsewhere translated to convert (Mt. 13:15). Israel's rejection of Jesus was effectively a re-conversion away from John's message. The same word is used of how John was to convert Israel to their God (Lk. 1:16,17). &quot;Came out&quot; is the same word used thrice about that generation going out into the wilderness to hear John (Mt. 11:7-9).&nbsp;</p>