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Mark 3:24

Conflict and reconciliation

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.”

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

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

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

26 And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.

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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
If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
KJV
And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
WEB
If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
ASV
And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
DARBY
And if a kingdom has become divided against itself, that kingdom cannot subsist.
BLB
And if a kingdom may be divided against itself, that kingdom is not able to stand.
ÅB
Om et rike kommer i strid med seg selv, kan dette rike ikke bli stående,
OTB
Hvis et rike er delt mot seg selv, kan det riket ikke bestå.
B1930
Om et rike kommer i strid med sig selv, kan dette rike ikke bli stående,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Zechariah 11:14

    Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

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  • Isaiah 19:2–3

    “So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

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  • Ezekiel 37:22

    I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:10–13

    I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.

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  • 2 Samuel 20:6

    And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”

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  • 2 Samuel 20:1

    Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”

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  • Judges 12:1–6

    Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”

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  • Isaiah 9:20–21

    They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.

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