Matthew 12:26
24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
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 Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?
- KJV
- And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
- WEB
- If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
- ASV
- and if Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?
- DARBY
- And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom subsist?
- BLB
- And if Satan casts out Satan, he was divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
- ÅB
- Og dersom Satan driver ut Satan, så har han kommet i strid med seg selv. Hvordan kan riket hans da bli stående?
- OTB
- Hvis Satan driver ut Satan, er han splittet mot seg selv. Hvordan kan da hans rike bli stående?
- B1930
- Og dersom Satan driver Satan ut, da er han kommet i strid med sig selv; hvorledes kan da hans rike bli stående?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 1:13
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Read in context1 John 5:19
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
Read in contextRevelation 20:2–3
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Read in contextJohn 12:31
Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
Read in contextRevelation 12:9
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Read in contextRevelation 16:10
And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
Read in contextJohn 16:11
Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
Read in contextRevelation 9:11
And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
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