Mark 3 · Verse 25

Mark 3:25

And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Mark 3:25, King James Version

Mark 3:25 in other translations

BSBIf a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
WEBIf a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
ASVAnd if a house be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
YLTand if a house against itself be divided, that house cannot be made to stand;
DARBYAnd if a house has become divided against itself, that house cannot subsist.
BBEAnd if there is division in a house, that house will come to destruction;
WebsterAnd if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

What does Mark 3:25 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 3:22-30

It was plain that the doctrine of Christ had a direct tendency to break the devil's power; and it was as plain, that casting of him out of the bodies of people, confirmed that doctrine; therefore Satan could not support such a design. Christ gave an awful warning against speaking such dangerous words. It is true the gospel promises, because Christ has purchased, forgiveness for the greatest sins and sinners; but by…

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Mark 3:25 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἐὰνeanifG1437
οἰκίαoikiaa houseG3614
ἐφ᾽eph᾽againstG1909
ἑαυτὴνhe'autēnitselfG1438
μερισθῇ,meristhēashall be divided,G3307
οὐounotG3756
δυνήσεταιdunēsetaiwill be ableG1410
ἡhē<the>G3588
οἰκίαoikiahouseG3614
ἐκείνηekeinēthatG1565
σταθῆναι·stathēnaito stand;G2476

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 3:25

  • James 3:16

    For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

  • Galatians 5:15

    But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

  • Psalms 133:1

    A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

  • Genesis 37:4

    And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

  • Genesis 13:7-8

    And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

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Ge 13:7,8; 37:4; Ps 133:1; Ga 5:15; Jas 3:16

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Context

  • Mark 3:24

    And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

  • Mark 3:25

    And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

  • Mark 3:26

    And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.

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Mark 3:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y si alguna casa fuere dividida contra sí misma, no puede permanecer la tal casa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et si une maison est divisée contre elle-même, cette maison-là ne peut pas subsister.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und wenn ein Haus wider sich selbst entzweit ist, so kann jenes Haus nicht bestehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et si domus super semetipsam dispertiatur, non potest domus illa stare.