Mark 3:23

So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

In Context

22And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”

24If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.

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Cross References

Psalms 49:4I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

Matthew 12:25Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

Mark 4:2And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,

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 →

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