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Mark 3:23

Satan

21 When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”

22 And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”

So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.

25 If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
KJV
And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
WEB
He summoned them and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?
ASV
And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
DARBY
And having called them to [him], he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
BLB
And having summoned them, He was saying to them in parables, “How is Satan able to cast out Satan?
ÅB
Og han kalte dem til seg og sa til dem i lignelser: Hvordan kan Satan drive Satan ut?
OTB
Så kalte Han dem til seg og begynte å tale til dem i lignelser: «Hvordan kan Satan drive ut Satan?
B1930
Og han kalte dem til sig og sa til dem i lignelser: Hvorledes kan Satan drive Satan ut?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 12:25–30

    Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

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  • Luke 11:17–23

    Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and a house divided against a house will fall.

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  • Matthew 13:34

    Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

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  • Mark 4:2

    And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,

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  • Matthew 4:10

    “Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

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