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Mark 3:25

Conflict and reconciliationFellowship and the church

23 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.

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.

27 Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

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

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • James 3:16

    For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.

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  • Galatians 5:15

    But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

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  • Psalms 133:1

    Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!

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  • Genesis 37:4

    When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

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  • Genesis 13:7–8

    And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.

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