Matthew 12:29

New English Translation

How else can someone enter a strong man’s house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house.

Cross References

Isaiah 49:24

Can spoils be taken from a warrior, or captives be rescued from a conqueror?

Isaiah 53:12

So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes, he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful, because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels, when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels.”

Matthew 12:28

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.

Matthew 12:30

Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

Mark 3:27

But no one is able to enter a strong man’s house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

1 John 3:8

The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.

1 John 4:4

You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.