Matthew 12:29 - Easy To Read Version

²⁹ “If a person wants to enter a strong man’s house and steal his things, first the person must tie the strong man. Then the person can steal the things from the strong man’s house.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ Or how can a person go into a strong man's house and carry off his goods (the entire equipment of his house) without first binding the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

Common English Bible

²⁹ Can people go into a house that belongs to a strong man and steal his possessions, unless they first tie up the strong man? Then they can rob his house.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ Or how can anyone enter into the house of a strong man, and plunder his belongings, unless he first restrains the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

Matthew 12:29 Cross References

Isaiah 49:24

When a strong soldier wins wealth in war,\par you can’t take that wealth from him.\par When a powerful soldier guards a prisoner,\par that prisoner can’t escape.\par

Isaiah 53:12

For this reason, I will reward him among my people. He will have a share of all things with the people that are strong. \{I will do this for him\} because he gave his life for the people and died.

Matthew 12:28

But I use the power of God’s Spirit to force out demons. This shows that the kingdom of God has come to you.

Matthew 12:30

“If a person is not with me, then he is against me. The person that does not work with me is working against me.

Mark 3:27

If a person wants to enter a strong man’s house and steal his things, first the person must tie the strong man. Then the person can steal the things from the strong man’s house.

1 John 3:8

The devil has been sinning since the beginning. The person who continues to sin belongs to the devil. The Son of God (Christ) came for this: to destroy the devil’s work.

1 John 4:4

My dear children, you belong to God. So you have defeated them (the false teachers). Why? Because the One (God) who is in you is greater than the one (the devil) who is in \{the people of\} the world.