Mark 3:23

And, having called them near, in similes he said to them, 'How is the Adversary able to cast out the Adversary?

Young's Literal Translation

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

22and the scribes who [are] from Jerusalem having come down, said — 'He hath Beelzeboul,' and — 'By the ruler of the demons he doth cast out the demons.'

24and if a kingdom against itself be divided, that kingdom cannot be made to stand;

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Cross References

Psalms 49:4I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

Matthew 12:25And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, 'Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,

Mark 4:2and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:

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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