马可福音 3:23

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

耶穌把他們叫來，用比喻對他們說：“撒但怎能趕逐撒但呢？

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
耶 稣 叫 他 们 来 ， 用 比 喻 对 他 们 说 ： 撒 但 怎 能 赶 出 撒 但 呢 ？

Contextual Overview

²² But the teachers of the law from Jerusalem were saying, "Beelzebul is living inside him! He uses power from the ruler of demons to force demons out of people." ²³ So Jesus called the people together and taught them with stories. He said, "Satan will not force himself out of people. ²⁴ A kingdom that is divided cannot continue, ²⁵ and a family that is divided cannot continue. ²⁶ And if Satan is against himself and fights against his own people, he cannot continue; that is the end of Satan. ²⁷ No one can enter a strong person's house and steal his things unless he first ties up the strong person. Then he can steal things from the house. ²⁸ I tell you the truth, all sins that people do and all the things people say against God can be forgiven. ²⁹ But anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of a sin that continues forever." ³⁰ Jesus said this because the teachers of the law said that he had an evil spirit inside him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in parables: Psalms 49:4, Matthew 13:34

How: Matthew 12:25-30, Luke 11:17-23

Reciprocal: Mark 4:2 - by parables

Cross-References

Genesis 2:5
there were still no plants on the earth. Nothing was growing in the fields because the Lord God had not yet made it rain on the land. And there was no person to care for the ground,

Genesis 3:19
You will sweat and work hard for your food. Later you will return to the ground, because you were taken from it. You are dust, and when you die, you will return to the dust."

Genesis 4:2
After that, Eve gave birth to Cain's brother Abel. Abel took care of flocks, and Cain became a farmer.

Genesis 4:12
You will work the ground, but it will not grow good crops for you anymore, and you will wander around on the earth."

Genesis 9:20
Noah became a farmer and planted a vineyard.

Ecclesiastes 5:9
The wealth of the country is divided up among them all. Even the king makes sure he gets his share of the profits.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he called them unto him,.... The Jerusalem Scribes, to come nearer to him, and attend to what he had to say in defence of his character and miracles:

and said unto them in parables: similitudes, and proverbial expressions, as the following seem to be,

how can Satan cast out Satan? or one devil cast out another? how unreasonable is it to suppose it? can it ever be thought that such, whose interest it is to unite, would ever oppose and dispossess one another? if therefore, as if he should say, I am Beelzebub, or have him, and he is in me, and I am in confederacy with him; was this the case, can any think I should ever cast him out of others, as I do?

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the scribes ... - See the notes at Matthew 12:24-32. The occasion of their saying this was, that he had healed a man possessed with a devil. The scribes, who came from Jerusalem to watch his conduct, charged him with having made a compact or agreement with the prince of the devils.