Mark 3:23

And having called them near, He said to them in allegories, “How is Satan able to cast out Satan?

Literal Standard Version

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 [are] from Jerusalem having come down, said, “He has Beelzebul,” and, “By the ruler of the demons He casts out the demons.”

24And if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot be made to stand;

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Cross References

Psalms 49:4I incline my ear to an allegory, || I open my riddle with a harp:

Matthew 12:25And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself stands,

Mark 4:2and He taught them many things in allegories, and He 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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