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Mark 3:23
Mark 3:23 is verse 23 of Mark chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
King James Version
And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
World English Bible
He summoned them and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?
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Mark 3:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible
21 When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”
22 And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”
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.
25 If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 49:4I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
Matthew 13:34Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
Matthew 12:25Knowing 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.
Matthew 12:26If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?
Matthew 12:27And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
Matthew 12:28But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Matthew 12:29Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
Matthew 12:30He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
Luke 11:17Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and a house divided against a house will fall.
Luke 11:18If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.
Luke 11:19And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
Luke 11:20But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Luke 11:21When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.
Luke 11:22But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.
Luke 11:23He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.