"And he called them {unto him}, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?" — Mark 3:23

Mark 3:23 · KJV

“And he called them {unto him}, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?”

— Mark 3:23

And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.

Verse 24

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

Mark 3 — Context

And when his friends heard {of it}, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. {friends: or, kinsmen}

And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.

And he called them {unto him}, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

Cross References

Luke 11:17-23

But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house {divided} against a house falleth.

Matthew 12:25-30

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:

Matthew 13:34

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

Mark 4:2

And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

Matthew 4:10

Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Psalms 49:4

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.