Mark 3:27

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But 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.

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  • Matt 12:29 : 29 How 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.
  • Luke 11:21-23 : 21 When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe. 22 But 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. 23 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
  • Isa 49:24-26 : 24 Can spoils be taken from a warrior, or captives be rescued from a conqueror? 25 Indeed,” says the LORD,“captives will be taken from a warrior; spoils will be rescued from a conqueror. I will oppose your adversary and I will rescue your children. 26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will get drunk on their own blood, as if it were wine. Then all humankind will recognize that I am the LORD, your deliverer, your protector, the Powerful One of Jacob.”
  • Isa 53:12 : 12 So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes, he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful, because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels, when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels.”
  • Heb 2:14 : 14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death(that is, the devil),
  • Eph 6:10-13 : 10 Exhortations for Spiritual Warfare Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power. 11 Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens. 13 For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand.
  • Col 2:15 : 15 Disarming the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
  • 1 John 3:8 : 8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.
  • 1 John 4:4 : 4 You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
  • Rev 12:7-9 : 7 War in Heaven Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8 But the dragon was not strong enough to prevail, so there was no longer any place left in heaven for him and his angels. 9 So that huge dragon– the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world– was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.
  • Rev 20:1-3 : 1 The Thousand Year Reign Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain. 2 He seized the dragon– the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan– and tied him up for a thousand years. 3 The angel then threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished.(After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me, because the LORD has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring’s heel.”
  • Isa 27:1 : 1 At that time the LORD will punish with his destructive, great, and powerful sword Leviathan the fast-moving serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent; he will kill the sea monster.
  • John 12:31 : 31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out.
  • Rom 16:20 : 20 The God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
  • Luke 10:17-20 : 17 Then the seventy-two returned with joy, saying,“Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!” 18 So he said to them,“I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you. 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names stand written in heaven.”

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  • Matt 12:24-31
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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.

    31For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

  • Mark 3:22-26
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    22The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said,“He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and,“By the ruler of demons he casts out demons!”

    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.

    25If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

    26And if Satan rises against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand and his end has come.

  • Luke 11:17-26
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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.

    26Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first.”

  • Mark 3:28-29
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    28I tell you the truth, people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter.

    29But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin”

  • Mark 5:3-4
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    3He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.

    4For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

  • Amos 5:9
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    9He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.)

  • Matt 12:43-45
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    43The Return of the Unclean Spirit“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

    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.

    45Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!”

  • Eph 4:27
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    27Do not give the devil an opportunity.

  • 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.

  • Luke 12:39
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    39But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

  • Acts 19:16
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    16Then the man who was possessed by the evil spirit jumped on them and beat them all into submission. He prevailed against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.

  • John 10:1
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    1Jesus as the Good Shepherd“I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

  • Mark 1:23
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    23Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

  • Eph 6:11
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    11Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

  • Matt 24:43
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    43But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

  • Luke 8:29
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    29For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man.(For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)

  • Luke 4:35
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    35But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!” Then, after the demon threw the man down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him.

  • 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 10:19
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    19Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.

  • Mark 9:28
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    28Then, after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately,“Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

  • 1 John 3:8
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    8The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.

  • Mark 1:25-26
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    25But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!”

    26After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

  • Col 2:15
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    15Disarming the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

  • Luke 22:31
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    31“Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat,

  • 2 Tim 2:26
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    26and they will come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap where they are held captive to do his will.