17But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.
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And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? …
And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: …
And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. …
And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: …
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-26)The substance of these verses we had in Matt. 12:22 Christ is here giving a general proof of his divine mission, by a particular proof of his power over Satan, his conquest of whom was an indication of his great design in coming into the world, which was, to destroy the works of the devil . Here too he gives an earnest of the success of that undertaking. He is here casting out a devil that made th…
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