Mark 3:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But no one is able to go into the house of the strong man and take his goods, without first putting cords round the strong man, and then he will take his goods.

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  • Matt 12:29 : 29 Or how may one go into a strong man's house and take his goods, if he does not first put cords round the strong man? and then he may take his goods.
  • Luke 11:21-23 : 21 When the strong man armed keeps watch over his house, then his goods are safe: 22 But when one who is stronger makes an attack on him and overcomes him, he takes away his instruments of war, in which he had put his faith, and makes division of his goods. 23 He who is not with me is against me, and he who will not give me help in getting people together is driving them away.
  • Isa 49:24-26 : 24 Will the goods of war be taken from the strong man, or the prisoners of the cruel one be let go? 25 But the Lord says, Even the prisoners of the strong will be taken from him, and the cruel made to let go his goods: for I will take up your cause against your haters, and I will keep your children safe. 26 And the flesh of your attackers will be taken by themselves for food; and they will take their blood for drink, as if it was sweet wine: and all men will see that I the Lord am your saviour, even he who takes up your cause, the Strong One of Jacob.
  • Isa 53:12 : 12 For this cause he will have a heritage with the great, and he will have a part in the goods of war with the strong, because he gave up his life, and was numbered with the evil-doers; taking on himself the sins of the people, and making prayer for the wrongdoers.
  • Heb 2:14 : 14 And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One;
  • Eph 6:10-13 : 10 Lastly, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his power. 11 Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One. 12 For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens. 13 For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place.
  • Col 2:15 : 15 Having made himself free from the rule of authorities and powers, he put them openly to shame, glorying over them in it.
  • 1 John 3:8 : 8 The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.
  • 1 John 4:4 : 4 You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
  • Rev 12:7-9 : 7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going out to the fight with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels made war, 8 And they were overcome, and there was no more place for them in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.
  • Rev 20:1-3 : 1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the great deep and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years, 3 And put him into the great deep, and it was shut and locked over him, so that he might put the nations in error no longer, till the thousand years were ended: after this he will be let loose for a little time.
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.
  • Isa 27:1 : 1 In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea.
  • John 12:31 : 31 Now is this world to be judged: now will the ruler of this world be sent out.
  • Rom 16:20 : 20 And the God of peace will be crushing Satan under your feet before long. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
  • Luke 10:17-20 : 17 And the seventy came back with joy, saying, Lord, even the evil spirits are under our power in your name. 18 And he said, I was watching for Satan, falling from heaven like a star. 19 See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage. 20 Do not be glad, however, because you have power over spirits, but because your names are recorded in heaven.

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  • Matt 12:24-31
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    24But the Pharisees, hearing of it, said, This man only sends evil spirits out of men by Beelzebub, the ruler of evil spirits.

    25And having knowledge of their thoughts he said to them, Every kingdom having division in itself is made waste, and every town or house having division in itself will come to destruction.

    26And if Satan sends out Satan, he makes war against himself; how then will he keep his kingdom?

    27And if I by Beelzebub send evil spirits out of men, by whom do your sons send them out? So let them be your judges.

    28But if I by the Spirit of God send out evil spirits, then is the kingdom of God come on you.

    29Or how may one go into a strong man's house and take his goods, if he does not first put cords round the strong man? and then he may take his goods.

    30Whoever is not with me is against me; and he who does not take part with me in getting people together, is driving them away.

    31So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness.

  • Mark 3:22-26
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    22And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem, said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of evil spirits he sends evil spirits out of men.

    23And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?

    24If there is division in a kingdom, that kingdom will come to destruction;

    25And if there is division in a house, that house will come to destruction;

    26And if Satan is at war with himself, and there is division in him, he will not keep his place but will come to an end.

  • Luke 11:17-26
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    17But he, having knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom in which there is division is made waste; and a house in which there is division comes to destruction.

    18If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul.

    19And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges.

    20But if I, by the finger of God, send out evil spirits, then the kingdom of God has overtaken you.

    21When the strong man armed keeps watch over his house, then his goods are safe:

    22But when one who is stronger makes an attack on him and overcomes him, he takes away his instruments of war, in which he had put his faith, and makes division of his goods.

    23He who is not with me is against me, and he who will not give me help in getting people together is driving them away.

    24The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of a man, goes through dry places, looking for rest; and when he does not get it, he says, I will go back to my house from which I came.

    25And when he comes, he sees that it has been made fair and clean.

    26Then he goes and gets seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they go in, and take their places there: and the last condition of that man is worse than the first.

  • Mark 3:28-29
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    28Truly, I say to you, The sons of men will have forgiveness for all their sins and for all the evil words they say:

    29But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:

  • Mark 5:3-4
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    3He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

    4Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.

  • Amos 5:9
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    9Who sends sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the walled town.

  • Matt 12:43-45
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    43But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of a man, goes through dry places looking for rest, and getting it not.

    44Then he says, I will go back into my house from which I came out; and when he comes, he sees that there is no one in it, but that it has been made fair and clean.

    45Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits worse than himself, and they go in and make it their living-place: and the last condition of that man is worse than the first. Even so will it be with this evil generation.

  • Eph 4:27
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    27And do not give way to the Evil One.

  • Mark 13:15
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    15And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house:

  • Luke 12:39
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    39But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

  • Acts 19:16
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    16And the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them, was stronger than the two of them, and overcame them, so that they went running from that house, wounded and without their clothing.

  • John 10:1
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    1Truly I say to you, He who does not go through the door into the place where the sheep are kept, but gets in by some other way, is a thief and an outlaw.

  • Mark 1:23
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    23And there was in their Synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he gave a cry,

  • Eph 6:11
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    11Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.

  • Matt 24:43
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    43But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

  • Luke 8:29
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    29For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

  • Luke 4:35
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    35And Jesus said to him, Be quiet, and come out of him. And when the evil spirit had put him down on the earth in the middle of them, he came out of him, having done him no damage.

  • Luke 16:13
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    13No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

  • Luke 10:19
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    19See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.

  • Mark 9:28
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    28And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out?

  • 1 John 3:8
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    8The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.

  • Mark 1:25-26
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    25And Jesus said to him sharply, Be quiet, and come out of him.

    26And the unclean spirit, shaking him violently, and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

  • Col 2:15
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    15Having made himself free from the rule of authorities and powers, he put them openly to shame, glorying over them in it.

  • Luke 22:31
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    31Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested:

  • 2 Tim 2:26
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    26And so they may get themselves free from the net of the Evil One, being made the prisoners of the Lord's servant, for the purpose of God.