Matthew 12:25

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Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, 'Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to ruin, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.'

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  • Matt 9:4 : 4 But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, 'Why do you think evil in your hearts?'
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I, the LORD, search the heart and test the mind, to give each person according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.
  • Ps 139:2 : 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
  • Gal 5:15 : 15 But if you bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.
  • Heb 4:13 : 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from His sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
  • Rev 16:19 : 19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. Babylon the Great was remembered before God, and He gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of His wrath.
  • Rev 17:16-17 : 16 The ten horns you saw, and the beast, will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, devour her flesh, and burn her with fire. 17 For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by agreeing to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.
  • Isa 19:2-3 : 2 I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will fight, each against his brother, each against his neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. 3 The spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied from within them, and I will confound their plans. They will seek idols, mediums, spirits, and fortune-tellers.
  • Amos 4:13 : 13 For behold, He who forms the mountains and creates the wind, who reveals His thoughts to mankind, who turns dawn to darkness and treads on the heights of the earth—the LORD God of Hosts is His name.
  • Mark 2:8 : 8 And immediately, Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they were reasoning within themselves in this way, said to them, 'Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?'
  • Mark 3:23-27 : 23 So Jesus called them over to Him and began to speak to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan rises up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand but has come to an end. 27 No one can enter a strong man's house to plunder his goods unless he first binds the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
  • Luke 11:17-22 : 17 But knowing their thoughts, He said to them, 'Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a house divided against itself falls. 18 If Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say I drive out demons by Beelzebul. 19 Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? Therefore, they will be your judges. 20 But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are secure. 22 But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.
  • John 2:24-25 : 24 But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew all people. 25 He did not need anyone to testify about mankind, for He Himself knew what was in each person.
  • John 21:17 : 17 The third time, Jesus asked, 'Simon son of John, do you love me?' Peter was hurt that Jesus asked him a third time, 'Do you love me?' He said, 'Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.' Jesus said to him, 'Feed my sheep.'
  • 1 Cor 2:11 : 11 For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person that is within him? In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

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  • Luke 11:17-25
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    17But knowing their thoughts, He said to them, 'Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a house divided against itself falls.

    18If Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

    19Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? Therefore, they will be your judges.

    20But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

    21When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are secure.

    22But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.

    23Whoever is not with Me is against Me, and whoever does not gather with Me scatters.

    24When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it wanders through waterless places seeking rest but finds none. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

    25When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

  • Mark 3:22-27
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    22And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons, He casts out demons."

    23So Jesus called them over to Him and began to speak to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?

    24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

    25If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

    26And if Satan rises up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand but has come to an end.

    27No one can enter a strong man's house to plunder his goods unless he first binds the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

  • Matt 12:26-30
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    26If 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? Therefore, they will be your judges.

    28But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

    29Or how can anyone enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

    30Whoever is not with Me is against Me, and whoever does not gather with Me scatters.

  • Matt 12:24
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    24But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, 'This man drives out demons only by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.'

  • Luke 12:51-53
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    51Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.

    52From now on there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

    53They will be divided: father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.

  • Luke 21:10
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    10Then he said to them, 'Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.'

  • Matt 10:35-36
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    35For I came to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

    36A person's enemies will be those of his own household.

  • Mark 13:2
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    2Jesus replied, 'Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.'

  • Matt 24:2
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    2Jesus said to them, 'Do you see all these things? Truly, I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.'

  • Luke 16:13
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    13No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

  • Matt 15:13
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    13He answered, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.

  • Matt 6:24
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    24No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

  • Matt 12:33
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    33Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.

  • Matt 12:44-45
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    44Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' And when it returns, it finds the house empty, swept clean, and in order.

    45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.

  • Matt 9:4
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    4But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, 'Why do you think evil in your hearts?'

  • Mark 13:8
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    8Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

  • Matt 7:27
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    27The rain came down, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and struck against that house, and it collapsed with a great crash.

  • Matt 7:25
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    25The rain came down, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

  • Mark 13:12
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    12Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

  • Matt 10:25
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    25It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they call the members of his household!

  • Luke 17:21
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    21Nor will people say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There it is!' For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst.

  • Luke 12:2
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    2There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.

  • Luke 11:15
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    15But some of them said, 'He drives out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of demons.'

  • Luke 21:6
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    6‘As for these things you see, days are coming when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.’

  • Matt 7:20
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    20So then, you will recognize them by their fruits.

  • Luke 13:35
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    35Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’

  • Matt 24:7
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    7'Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.'

  • Luke 12:17
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    17And he thought to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, for I have no place to store my crops?'

  • Mark 12:24
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    24Jesus replied, 'Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?'