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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

耶穌知道他們的心意，就對他們說：“如果一個國家自相紛爭，就必定荒涼；如果一個家庭自相為敵，就必然敗落。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
他 晓 得 他 们 的 意 念 ， 便 对 他 们 说 ： 凡 一 国 自 相 纷 争 ， 就 成 为 荒 场 ； 凡 一 家 自 相 纷 争 ， 就 必 败 落 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ One time Jesus was sending out a demon who could not talk. When the demon came out, the man who had been unable to speak, then spoke. The people were amazed. ¹⁵ But some of them said, "Jesus uses the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, to force demons out of people." ¹⁶ Other people, wanting to test Jesus, asked him to give them a sign from heaven. ¹⁷ But knowing their thoughts, he said to them, "Every kingdom that is divided against itself will be destroyed. And a family that is divided against itself will not continue. ¹⁸ So if Satan is divided against himself, his kingdom will not continue. You say that I use the power of Beelzebul to force out demons. ¹⁹ But if I use the power of Beelzebul to force out demons, what power do your people use to force demons out? So they will be your judges. ²⁰ But if I use the power of God to force out demons, then the kingdom of God has come to you. ²¹ "When a strong person with many weapons guards his own house, his possessions are safe. ²² But when someone stronger comes and defeats him, the stronger one will take away the weapons the first man trusted and will give away the possessions. ²³ "Anyone who is not with me is against me, and anyone who does not work with me is working against me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

knowing: Matthew 9:4, Matthew 12:25, Mark 3:23-26, John 2:25, Revelation 2:23

Every: 2 Chronicles 10:16-19, 2 Chronicles 13:16, 2 Chronicles 13:17, Isaiah 9:20, Isaiah 9:21, Isaiah 19:2, Isaiah 19:3

Reciprocal: Luke 11:20 - the kingdom Luke 20:23 - he

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But he knowing their thoughts,.... Being God omniscient,

said unto them; the following parables, as they are called in Mark 3:23 or proverbial expressions, very pertinent to the purpose, and sufficient to set aside the base calumnies of the Pharisees:

every kingdom divided against itself, is brought to desolation; in process of time, division will end in destruction; and as it does in the kingdoms of the world, of which there have been fatal instances, so it would in the kingdom of Satan, was there in it a division, which the calumny of the Pharisees supposes:

and an house divided against an house, falleth. The Persic version renders it, "an house divided from the foundation, falls"; the sense is, a family, in which one part is opposed to the other, issues in the ruin of both; Mark 3:23- :,

Mark 3:23- :,

Mark 3:23- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 12:22-30.