Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he called them unto him, and in similitudes said unto them, "How can Satan drive out Satan?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
Holman Bible
So He summoned
International Standard Version
So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables. "How can Satan drive out Satan?
A Conservative Version
And having summoned them, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
American Standard Version
And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
Amplified
So He called them to Himself and spoke to them in
An Understandable Version
And He called them to Him and began speaking to them in parables [i.e., brief stories to illustrate His teaching], saying, "How can Satan drive out Satan?
Anderson New Testament
And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan?
Bible in Basic English
And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?
Common New Testament
So he called them to himself and said to them in parables: "How can Satan cast out Satan?
Daniel Mace New Testament
but calling them to him, he said by way of similitude, how can satan dispossess satan?
Darby Translation
And having called them to him, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
Godbey New Testament
And calling them to Him, He continued to speak to them in parables, How is Satan able to cast out Satan?
Goodspeed New Testament
So he called them to him and spoke to them in figures, saying, "How can Satan drive Satan out?
John Wesley New Testament
And calling them to him, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
Julia Smith Translation
And having called them, in parables spake he to them, How can Satan cast out Satan
King James 2000
And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he called them to himself [and] was speaking to them in parables, "How can Satan expel Satan?
Modern King James verseion
And He called them and said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
Moffatt New Testament
So he called them and said to them by way of parable, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
Montgomery New Testament
So when he had called them to him he spoke to them in parables. "How," said he, "can Satan cast out Satan?
NET Bible
So he called them and spoke to them in parables: "How can Satan cast out Satan?
New Heart English Bible
And so he summoned them, and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
Noyes New Testament
And calling them to him, he said to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan?
Sawyer New Testament
And calling them, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
The Emphasized Bible
And, calling them near, in parables, began he to say unto them - How can, Satan, cast, Satan out?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
So calling them to him, he spake to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
Twentieth Century New Testament
So Jesus called them to him, and answered them in parables: "How can Satan drive out Satan?
Webster
And he called them to him, and said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
Weymouth New Testament
So He called them to Him, and using figurative language He appealed to them, saying, "How is it possible for Satan to expel Satan?
Williams New Testament
So He called them to Him, and continued speaking to them in short stories, as follows: "How can Satan drive out Satan?
World English Bible
He summoned them, and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
Worrell New Testament
And, having called them to Him, He said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
Worsley New Testament
So He called them to Him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
Youngs Literal Translation
And, having called them near, in similes he said to them, 'How is the Adversary able to cast out the Adversary?
Themes
Demons » Jesus falsely accused of being possessed of
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » Heals a demoniac
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a demoniac, and denounces the scribes and pharisees (in galilee)
Interlinear
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 3:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
A House Divided Cannot Stand
22 And the scribes, which came from Jerusalem, said, "He hath Beelzebub, and by the power of the chief devil, casteth out devils." 23 And he called them unto him, and in similitudes said unto them, "How can Satan drive out Satan? 24 For if a realm be divided against itself, that realm cannot endure.
Cross References
Matthew 13:34
All these things spake Jesus unto the people by similitudes, and with out similitudes spake he nothing to them,
Psalm 49:4
I will incline mine ear to the parable, and show my dark speech upon the harp.
Matthew 4:10
Then said Jesus unto him, "Depart, Satan: For it is written, 'Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve.'"
Matthew 12:25-30
But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them, "Every kingdom divided within itself shall be brought to nought. Neither shall any city or household divided against itself, continue.
Mark 4:2
And he taught them many things in similitudes, and said unto them in his doctrine,
Luke 11:17-23
But he knew their thoughts, and said unto them, "Every kingdom divided within itself shall be desolate: and one house shall fall upon another.