Mark 3:25
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.
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 strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
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.
Compare
- 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)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 3:16
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Read in contextGalatians 5:15
But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
Read in contextPsalms 133:1
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Read in contextGenesis 37:4
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Read in contextGenesis 13:7–8
And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
Read in context