Luke 11:18
If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
Luke 11:18 in other translations
| BSB | If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul. |
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| WEB | If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. |
| ASV | And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub. |
| YLT | and if also the Adversary against himself was divided, how shall his kingdom be made to stand? for ye say, by Beelzeboul is my casting forth the demons. |
| DARBY | and if also Satan is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom subsist? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub. |
| BBE | If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul. |
| Webster | If Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons through Beelzebub. |
What does Luke 11:18 mean?
Barnes' Notes
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 11:14-26
Christ's thus casting out the devils, was really the destroying of their power. The heart of every unconverted sinner is the devil's palace, where he dwells, and where he rules. There is a kind of peace in the heart of an unconverted soul, while the devil, as a strong man armed, keeps it. The sinner is secure, has no doubt concerning the goodness of his state, nor any dread of the judgment to come. But observe the…
Luke 11:18 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 11:18
- Matthew 12:26
And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
- Matthew 12:31-34
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. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
- Luke 11:15
But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
- Matthew 4:10
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.
- James 3:5-8
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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Context
- Luke 11:17
But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.
- Luke 11:18
If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
- Luke 11:19
And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
Luke 11:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y si también Satanás está dividido contra sí mismo, ¿cómo estará en pie su reino? porque decís que en Beelzebub echo yo fuera los demonios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et si Satan aussi est divisé contre lui-même, comment son royaume subsistera-t-il? parce que vous dites que je chasse les démons par Béelzébul. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn aber auch der Satan wider sich selbst entzweit ist, wie wird sein Reich bestehen? weil ihr saget, daß ich durch Beelzebub die Dämonen austreibe. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si autem et Satanas in seipsum divisus est, quomodo stabit regnum ejus? quia dicitis in Beelzebub me ejicere dæmonia. |