Mark 3:23

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“So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?”

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BSBPD

“So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And, having called them near, in similes he said to them, `How is the Adversary able to cast out the Adversary?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 3:23 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 49:4I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
  2. Matthew 4:10“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
  3. Matthew 12:25Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.
  4. Matthew 13:34Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
  5. Mark 4:2And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,
  6. Luke 11:17Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and a house divided against a house will fall.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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