Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? New Living Translation And if Satan is casting out Satan, he is divided and fighting against himself. His own kingdom will not survive. English Standard Version And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? Berean Standard Bible If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? Berean Literal Bible And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? King James Bible And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? New King James Version If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? New American Standard Bible And if Satan is casting out Satan, he has become divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand? NASB 1995 “If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand? NASB 1977 “And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? Legacy Standard Bible And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand? Amplified Bible If Satan casts out Satan [that is, his demons], he has become divided against himself and disunited; how then will his kingdom stand? Christian Standard Bible If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? Holman Christian Standard Bible If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? American Standard Version and if Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And if Satan casts out Satan, he has been divided against himself; how therefore will his Kingdom stand? Contemporary English Version So if Satan fights against himself, how can his kingdom last? Douay-Rheims Bible And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself: how then shall his kingdom stand? English Revised Version and if Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? GOD'S WORD® Translation If Satan forces Satan out, he is divided against himself. How, then, can his kingdom last? Good News Translation So if one group is fighting another in Satan's kingdom, this means that it is already divided into groups and will soon fall apart! International Standard Version So if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How, then, can his kingdom stand? Literal Standard Version and if Satan casts out Satan, against himself he was divided, how then does his kingdom stand? Majority Standard Bible If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? New American Bible And if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself; how, then, will his kingdom stand? NET Bible So if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? New Revised Standard Version If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand? New Heart English Bible And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? Webster's Bible Translation And if Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? Weymouth New Testament And if Satan is expelling Satan, he has begun to make war on himself: how therefore shall his kingdom last? World English Bible If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? Young's Literal Translation and if the Adversary doth cast out the Adversary, against himself he was divided, how then doth his kingdom stand? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A House Divided…25Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. 26 If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? 27And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.… Cross References Matthew 4:10 "Away from Me, Satan!" Jesus declared. "For it is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.'" Matthew 9:34 But the Pharisees said, "It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons." Matthew 13:19 When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. Treasury of Scripture And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? his. John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. John 14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. John 16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. Jump to Previous Adversary Begun Cast Casteth Casts Divided Drives Expelling Kingdom Last Makes Satan Sends Stand Subsist WarJump to Next Adversary Begun Cast Casteth Casts Divided Drives Expelling Kingdom Last Makes Satan Sends Stand Subsist WarMatthew 12 1. Jesus reproves the blindness of the Pharisees concerning the Sabbath,3. by scripture, 9. by reason, 13. and by a miracle. 22. He heals a man possessed that was blind and mute; 24. and confronting the absurd charge of casting out demons by Beelzebub, 32. he shows that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall never be forgiven. 36. Account shall be made of idle words. 38. He rebukes the unfaithful, who seek after a sign, 46. and shows who is his brother, sister, and mother. (26) If Satan cast out Satan.--In the Greek the name has the article in both places, as pointing to the one great adversary. It is not that one Satan casts out another, but that he, on the assumption of the Pharisees, casts out himself. Satan is not personally identified with the demon, the deaf or dumb spirit, that had possessed the man, but the language implies that where evil enters into the soul, Satan enters also. (Comp. John 13:27.) There is, as it were, a seeming ubiquity, a solidarite, in the power of evil, as there is admittedly in the sovereign power of good.Verse 26. - And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then. The transposition in the Revised Version to how then shall brings out more distinctly the fact that then is not temporal, but argumentative (οϋν.). His kingdom stand? To De Wette's objection that Satan might perhaps do such a thing once so as to gain in other ways, Meyer answers that our Lord is referring to the practice of casting out devils, which, as such, is certainly directed against Satan. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Ifεἰ (ei) Conjunction Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. Satan Σατανᾶς (Satanas) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 4567: An adversary, Satan. Of Chaldee origin corresponding to ma'bad; the accuser, i.e. The devil. drives out ἐκβάλλει (ekballei) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1544: To throw (cast, put) out; I banish; I bring forth, produce. From ek and ballo; to eject. Satan, Σατανᾶν (Satanan) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 4567: An adversary, Satan. Of Chaldee origin corresponding to ma'bad; the accuser, i.e. The devil. he is divided ἐμερίσθη (emeristhē) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3307: From meros; to part, i.e. to apportion, bestow, share, or to disunite, differ. against ἐφ’ (eph’) Preposition Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at. himself. ἑαυτὸν (heauton) Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1438: Himself, herself, itself. How πῶς (pōs) Adverb Strong's 4459: Adverb from the base of pou; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way?; also as exclamation, how much! then οὖν (oun) Conjunction Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. {can} his αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. kingdom βασιλεία (basileia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 932: From basileus; properly, royalty, i.e. rule, or a realm. stand? σταθήσεται (stathēsetai) Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2476: A prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o; to stand, used in various applications. Links Matthew 12:26 NIVMatthew 12:26 NLT Matthew 12:26 ESV Matthew 12:26 NASB Matthew 12:26 KJV Matthew 12:26 BibleApps.com Matthew 12:26 Biblia Paralela Matthew 12:26 Chinese Bible Matthew 12:26 French Bible Matthew 12:26 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Matthew 12:26 If Satan casts out Satan he (Matt. Mat Mt) |
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