Matthew 12:26
And if Satan is expelling Satan, he has begun to make war on himself: how therefore shall his kingdom last?
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
In Context
Cross References
John 12:31Now is a judgement of this world: now will the Prince of this world be driven out.
John 16:11of judgement, because the Prince of this world is under sentence.
Colossians 1:13It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dearly-loved Son,
Revelation 9:11The locusts had a king over them--the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is `Abaddon,' while in the Greek he is called `Apollyon.'
Revelation 16:10The fifth angel poured his bowl on to the throne of the Wild Beast; and his kingdom became darkened. People gnawed their tongues because of the 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 →