Matthew 12:29
Or how can any man enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
28But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come near you.
30He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:12Therefore I will divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors. Yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercessi
Luke 11:21When the fully armed strong man guards his palace, the things possessed by him are in peace,
1 John 4:4Ye are of God, little children, and ye have overcome them, because greater is he in you than he in the world.
Revelation 20:1And I saw an agent coming down out of heaven having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:23-38
The Sin against the Holy Ghost. 22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or… Read the whole commentary →