Mark 3:23

And Jesus called them, and said to them, by similitudes: How can Satan cast out Satan?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 those Scribes that had come down from Jerusalem, said: Beelzebub is in him; and by the prince of demons he expelleth demons.

24For if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:25And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: Every kingdom that is divided against itself, will become desolate; and every house or city which is divided against itself, will not stand.

Mark 4:2And he taught them much by similitudes. 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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