Matthew 12:26

Now if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then doth his kingdom stand?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?

In Context

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.

27And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Wherefore they will be your judges.

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Cross References

John 12:31Now is the judgment of this world: now the ruler of this world is cast out.

John 16:11and of Judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

Colossians 1:13and hath rescued us from the dominion of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son;

Revelation 9:11And they had a king over them, the angel of the abyss; and his name, in Hebrew, is Abaddon; and in Greek, his name is Apollyon.

Revelation 16:10And the fifth poured his cup on the throne of the beast of prey; and his kingdom became darkness; and they gnawed their tongues, from pain;

Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:23-38

The Sin against the Holy Ghost. 22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or… Read the whole commentary →

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