Matthew 12:26
26 If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?
Other Translations of Matthew 12:26
King James Version
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
English Standard Version
26 And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
The Message
26 if Satan banishes Satan, is there any Satan left?
New King James Version
26 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
New Living Translation
26 And if Satan is casting out Satan, he is divided and fighting against himself. His own kingdom will not survive.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Matthew 12:26
Commentary on Matthew 12:22-30
(Read Matthew 12:22-30)
A soul under Satan's power, and led captive by him, is blind in the things of God, and dumb at the throne of grace; sees nothing, and says nothing to the purpose. Satan blinds the eyes by unbelief, and seals up the lips from prayer. The more people magnified Christ, the more desirous the Pharisees were to vilify him. It was evident that if Satan aided Jesus in casting out devils, the kingdom of hell was divided against itself; how then could it stand! And if they said that Jesus cast out devils by the prince of the devils, they could not prove that their children cast them out by any other power. There are two great interests in the world; and when unclean spirits are cast out by the Holy Spirit, in the conversion of sinners to a life of faith and obedience, the kingdom of God is come unto us. All who do not aid or rejoice in such a change are against Christ.