Matthew 12:26

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

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

25But Jesus, who well knew their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself becomes desolate; and no city, or family, divided against itself can stand:

27And if I cast out demons by the power of Beelzebub, by whom do your own people cast them out? wherefore they shall be your judges:

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Cross References

John 12:31Now is the judgement of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

John 16:11and of judgement, because the prince of this world is judged.

Colossians 1:13who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son:

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

Revelation 16:10And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was darkened, and they gnawed their tongues for 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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