Matthew 12:25 “Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided aga…”

Matthew 12:25

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

World English Bible

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

American Standard Version

And knowing their thoughts he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

Geneva Bible 1599

But Iesus knew their thoughtes, and said to them, Euery kingdome deuided against it selfe, is brought to nought: and euery citie or house, deuided against it selfe, shall not stand.

Darby Translation

But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not subsist.

Young's Literal Translation

And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, 'Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,

Bible in Basic English

And having knowledge of their thoughts he said to them, Every kingdom having division in itself is made waste, and every town or house having division in itself will come to destruction.

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Cross references

“Jesus”

Jeremiah 17:10 Matthew 9:4 1 Corinthians 2:11 Psalm 139:2 Mark 2:8 Hebrews 4:13

Jeremiah 17:10 · BSB

I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

Matthew 9:4 · BSB

But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, “Why do you harbor evil in your hearts?

1 Corinthians 2:11 · BSB

For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

Psalm 139:2 · BSB

You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.

Mark 2:8 · BSB

At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked.

Hebrews 4:13 · BSB

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

“Every kingdom”

Galatians 5:15 Isaiah 9:21 Revelation 16:19 Isaiah 19:2 Isaiah 19:3 Mark 3:23–26

Galatians 5:15 · BSB

But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

Isaiah 9:21 · BSB

Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

Revelation 16:19 · BSB

The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.

Isaiah 19:2 · BSB

“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

Isaiah 19:3 · BSB

Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.

Mark 3:23–26 · BSB

So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

24But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”

26If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?

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