Mark 3:24
And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
In Context
23And after he had called them together, he said to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan?
25And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Cross References
Judges 9:23And the Lord sent a very evil spirit between Abimelech and the inhabitants of Sichem: who began to detest him,
2 Samuel 20:1And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Seba, the son of Bochri, a man of Jemini: and he sounded the trumpet, and said: We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Isai: return to thy dwellings, O Israel.
1 Kings 12:16Then the people seeing that the king would not hearken to them, answered him, saying : What portion have we in David? or what inheritance in the son of Isai? Go home to thy dwellings, O Israel, now David look to thy own house. So Israel departed to their dwellings.
Isaiah 19:2And I will set the Egyptians to fight against the Egyptians: and they shall fight brother against brother, and friend against friend, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
Zechariah 11:14And I cut off my second rod that was called a Cord, that I might break the brotherhood between Juda and Israel.
1 Corinthians 1:10Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no schisms among you; but that you be perfect in the same mind, and in the same judgment.
Matthew Henry on Mark 3:23-31
The Blasphemy of the Scribes. 22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. 23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. 27 No man can enter into a… Read the whole commentary →