Mark 3:23

And having summoned them, he began to say to them in parables: “How can Satan cast out Satan?

English Majority Text (NT)

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 were from Jerusalem came down and were saying, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of the demons He casts out demons.”

24And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:25But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is made desolate, and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.

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

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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