Luke 11:18

World English Bible (2000)

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

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 12:26 : 26 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
  • Matt 12:31-34 : 31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. 32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come. 33 "Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit. 34 You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
  • Luke 11:15 : 15 But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."
  • Jas 3:5-8 : 5 So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! 6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna. 7 For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
  • Matt 4:10 : 10 Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.'"

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Matt 12:24-30
    7 verses
    92%

    24But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."

    25Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

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

    27If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

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

    29Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.

    30"He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn't gather with me, scatters.

  • Luke 11:19-24
    6 verses
    87%

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

    20But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come to you.

    21"When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.

    22But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.

    23"He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn't gather with me scatters.

    24The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, 'I will turn back to my house from which I came out.'

  • Luke 11:14-17
    4 verses
    87%

    14He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.

    15But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."

    16Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.

    17But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.

  • Mark 3:21-27
    7 verses
    85%

    21When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, "He is insane."

    22The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He has Beelzebul," and, "By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons."

    23He summoned them, and said 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.

    26If Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can't stand, but has an end.

    27But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder, unless he first binds the strong man; and then he will plunder his house.

  • Matt 9:34
    74%

    34But the Pharisees said, "By the prince of the demons, he casts out demons."

  • Luke 10:18
    71%

    18He said to them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.

  • Matt 17:19
    70%

    19Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, "Why weren't we able to cast it out?"

  • Luke 8:29-30
    2 verses
    69%

    29For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.

    30Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him.

  • Mark 3:30
    69%

    30--because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."

  • Luke 4:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6The devil said to him, "I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want.

    7If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours."

  • Matt 8:31
    69%

    31The demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs."

  • John 10:20-21
    2 verses
    69%

    20Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?"

    21Others said, "These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn't possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?"

  • Mark 5:8
    68%

    8For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

  • Mark 1:23
    68%

    23Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

  • Luke 9:40
    68%

    40I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn't."

  • Mark 1:34
    68%

    34He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. He didn't allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.

  • Matt 11:18
    68%

    18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'

  • 2 Cor 11:14
    68%

    14And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.

  • Luke 22:31
    68%

    31The Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,

  • Luke 4:33
    68%

    33In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,

  • Mark 8:33
    68%

    33But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men."

  • Matt 10:25
    68%

    25It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

  • Luke 11:26
    68%

    26Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first."

  • Mark 3:11
    68%

    11The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, "You are the Son of God!"

  • John 8:48
    68%

    48Then the Jews answered him, "Don't we say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?"

  • Luke 4:41
    68%

    41Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" Rebuking them, he didn't allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

  • Luke 9:42
    68%

    42While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.