Mark 3:25

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If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 37:4 : 4 When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly.
  • Gen 13:7-8 : 7 So there were quarrels between Abram’s herdsmen and Lot’s herdsmen.(Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.) 8 Abram said to Lot,“Let there be no quarreling between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives.
  • Ps 133:1 : 1 A song of ascents, by David. Look! How good and how pleasant it is when brothers truly live in unity!
  • Gal 5:15 : 15 However, if you continually bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.
  • Jas 3:16 : 16 For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.

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  • Mark 3:23-24
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    23So he called them and spoke to them in parables:“How can Satan cast out Satan?

    24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will not be able to stand.

  • Mark 3:26-27
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    26And if Satan rises against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand and his end has come.

    27But no one is able to enter a strong man’s house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

  • Matt 12:24-30
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    24But when the Pharisees heard this they said,“He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!”

    25Now when Jesus realized what they were thinking, he said to them,“Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and no town or house divided against itself will stand.

    26So if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

    27And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.

    28But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.

    29How else can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house.

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

  • Luke 11:17-25
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    17But Jesus, realizing their thoughts, said to them,“Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and a divided household falls.

    18So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

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

    20But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.

    21When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe.

    22But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man’s armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder.

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

    24Response to Jesus’ Work“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but not finding any. Then it says,‘I will return to the home I left.’

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

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

    52For from now on there will be five in one household 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 her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

  • Matt 10:35-36
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    35For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

    36and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household.

  • Matt 7:25
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    25The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation had been laid on rock.

  • Matt 7:27
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    27The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed– it was utterly destroyed!”

  • Matt 10:13
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    13And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

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

  • Luke 21:10
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    10Persecution of Disciples Then he said to them,“Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

  • Eccl 4:12
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    12Although an assailant may overpower one person, two can withstand him. Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken.

  • Luke 10:6
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    6And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.

  • Job 8:15
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    15He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.

  • 1 Tim 3:5
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    5But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?

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

  • Luke 6:48
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    48He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep, and laid the foundation on bedrock. When a flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.

  • Luke 14:26
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    26“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

  • Mark 13:15
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    15The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house.

  • Matt 12:44
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    44Then it says,‘I will return to the home I left.’ When it returns, it finds the house empty, swept clean, and put in order.

  • Prov 24:3
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    3By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;

  • Matt 10:25
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    25It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house‘Beelzebul,’ how much worse will they call the members of his household!

  • Prov 12:7
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    7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

  • Mark 9:40
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    40For whoever is not against us is for us.

  • Mic 7:6
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    6For a son thinks his father is a fool, a daughter challenges her mother, and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are his own family.

  • Luke 14:33
    66%

    33In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

  • Luke 14:30
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    30They will say,‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’

  • Ps 11:3
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    3When the foundations are destroyed, what can the godly accomplish?”

  • Jer 22:5
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    5But, if you do not obey these commands, I solemnly swear that this palace will become a pile of rubble. I, the LORD, affirm it!”

  • Amos 6:11
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    11Indeed, look! The LORD is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces.

  • Matt 12:33
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    33Trees and Their Fruit“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.