18If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
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And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. …
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! …
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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