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Mark 3:24

Conflict and reconciliation

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?

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.

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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 asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

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  • Isaiah 19:2–3

    And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

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  • Ezekiel 37:22

    And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:10–13

    Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

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  • 2 Samuel 20:6

    And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

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  • 2 Samuel 20:1

    And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

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  • Judges 12:1–6

    And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.

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  • Isaiah 9:20–21

    And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

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