Luke 11:21

When the strong man armed may keep his palace, his goods are in peace:

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:

In Context

20but if I through the finger of God cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come nigh unto you.

22but when one stronger than he, having come, may conquer him, he takes away his panoply in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.

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Cross References

Mark 3:27No one is able, having entered into the house of a strong man, to spoil his goods, unless he may first bind the strong man, and then he will spoil his house.

Matthew Henry on Luke 11:15-27

Christ Accused of Leaguing with Satan; Watchfulness Inculcated. 14 And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. 15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. 16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. 17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.… Read the whole commentary →

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