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  • Jesus continues to speak to the crowd about demons.
  • waterless places - This refers to "desolate places" (UDB) where the evil spirits wander.
  • And finding none - "If the spirit does not find any rest there"
  • my house from which I came - This is a metaphor referring to the person he used to lived in. It can be translated as "the person in whom I used to live!" (UDB) The UDB goes on to translate it as a simile in verse 26. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
  • finds that house swept out and put in order - This can be translated with an active verb: "finds that someone has swept the house clean and put everything where it belongs." (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_activepassive, en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
  • swept out - "empty." This metaphor refers to the condition of the person who did not fill their life with God's Spirit after the demon left. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)