Mark 3:23

So He called them to Him, and using figurative language He appealed to them, saying, "How is it possible for Satan to expel Satan?

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

22The Scribes, too, who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Baal-zebul in him; and it is by the power of the Prince of the demons that he expels the demons."

24For if civil war breaks out in a kingdom, nothing can make that kingdom last;

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Cross References

Matthew 12:25Knowing their thoughts He said to them, "Every kingdom in which civil war has raged suffers desolation; and every city or house in which there is internal strife will be brought low.

Mark 4:2Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; 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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