Or, how can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his belongings unless he first ties up the strong man? Only then will he be able to steal [his belongings] from his house.
Matthew 12:30 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) The person who is not on my side is [actually] against me. And the person who does not gather [people to me] is [actually] driving them away [from me]. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who is not with Me [definitely on My side] is against Me, and he who does not [definitely] gather with Me and for My side scatters. American Standard Version (1901) He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. Common English Bible Whoever isn’t with me is against me, and whoever doesn’t gather with me scatters. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever is not with me, is against me. And whoever does not gather with me, scatters. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth. |
Or, how can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his belongings unless he first ties up the strong man? Only then will he be able to steal [his belongings] from his house.
No person can serve two masters, for he will either hate the one and love the other, or else he will cling to the one and look down on the other. You cannot serve God and material things [at the same time].
The person who is not on my side is [actually] against me. And the person who does not gather [people to me] is [actually] driving them away [from me].
But Jesus said to him; “Do not try to stop him, for the person who is not against you is for you.”
And not just [die] for the [Jewish] nation, but also that He would assemble together into one body the children of God who were scattered [throughout the world].
These antichrists left our group [i.e., withdrew their fellowship from us], but they were not [really a part] of us, for if they had been, they would have continued [to participate] with us. But, by their leaving us, it proved that none of them were [really] a part of our group [after all].