Matthew 12:29
Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong [man] and plunder his goods, unless first he bind the strong [man]? and then he will plunder his house.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
28But if *I* by [the] Spirit of God cast out demons, then indeed the kingdom of God is come upon you.
30He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:12Therefore will I assign him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong: because he hath poured out his soul unto death, and was reckoned with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Luke 11:21When the strong [man] armed keeps his own house, his goods are in peace;
1 John 4:4*Ye* are of God, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that [is] in you than he that [is] in the world.
Revelation 20:1And I saw an angel descending from the 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 →