Mark 3:24

New International Reader's Version

If a kingdom fights against itself, it can’t stand.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

An evil man who always stirred up trouble happened to be in Gilgal. His name was Sheba, the son of Bikri. Sheba was from the tribe of Benjamin. He blew his trumpet. Then he shouted, “We don’t have any share in David’s kingdom! Jesse’s son is not our king! Men of Israel, every one of you go back home!”

2 Samuel 20:6

David said to Abishai, “Sheba, the son of Bikri, will do more harm to us than Absalom ever did. Take my men and go after him. If you don’t, he’ll find cities that have high walls around them. He’ll go into one of them and escape from us.”

Ezekiel 37:22

There I will make them one nation. They will live on the mountains of Israel. All of them will have one king. They will never be two nations again. They will never again be separated into two kingdoms.

Zechariah 11:14

Then I broke my second staff called Union. That broke the family connection between Judah and Israel.

Matthew 12:25

Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said to them, “Every kingdom that fights against itself will be destroyed. Every city or family that is divided against itself will not stand.

Mark 3:23

So Jesus called them over to him. He began to speak to them using stories. He said, “How can Satan drive out Satan?

Mark 3:25

If a family is divided, it can’t stand.

John 17:21

Father, I pray they will be one, just as you are in me and I am in you. I want them also to be in us. Then the world will believe that you have sent me.