Luke 11:21

When a strong, armed man keepeth his house, all things that he wieldeth be in peace (or everything that he possesseth be at peace).

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:

In Context

20But if I cast out fiends in the finger of God, then the realm of God is come among you. (But if I throw out devils and demons by the finger of God, then the Kingdom of God hath come among you, or hath come unto you.)

22But if a stronger (man) than he come upon him, and overcome him, he shall take away all his armour [or all his arms] in which he trusted, (or he shall take away all his weapons in which he trusted), and shall deal abroad his robberies [or his spoils].

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Cross References

Mark 3:27No man may go into a strong man’s house, and take away his vessels, [no] but he bind first the strong man (or unless he first bind the strong man), and then he shall spoil his house, [or he shall ravish, (or he shall rob), his house].

Matthew Henry on Luke 11:15-27

Christ Accused of Leaguing with Satan; Watchfulness Inculcated. 14 And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. 15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. 16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. 17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.… Read the whole commentary →

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