# Mark 3.26

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**Book:** [Mark](/codex/john-mark/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 24. <span class="rl-speech">And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">And if a house be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.</span>
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> **26. <span class="rl-speech">And if Satan hath risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.</span>**
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> 27. <span class="rl-speech">But no one can 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.</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">Verily I say unto you, All their sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and their blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:</span> (Mark 3:24-28, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 24. <span class="rl-speech">If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.</span>
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> **26. <span class="rl-speech">If Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can’t stand, but has an end.</span>**
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> 27. <span class="rl-speech">But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder, unless he first binds the strong man; and then he will plunder his house.</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">Most certainly I tell you, all sins of the descendants of man will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme;</span> (Mark 3:24-28, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 24. <span class="rl-speech">And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.</span>
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> **26. <span class="rl-speech">And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.</span>**
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> 27. <span class="rl-speech">No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:</span> (Mark 3:24-28, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 24. <span class="rl-speech">and if a kingdom against itself be divided, that kingdom cannot be made to stand;</span> 25. <span class="rl-speech">and if a house against itself be divided, that house cannot be made to stand;</span>
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> **26. <span class="rl-speech">and if the Adversary did rise against himself, and hath been divided, he cannot be made to stand, but hath an end.</span>**
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> 27. <span class="rl-speech">'No one is able the vessels of the strong man, having entered into his house, to spoil, if first he may not bind the strong man, and then his house he will spoil.</span> 28. <span class="rl-speech">'Verily I say to you, that all the sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and evil speakings with which they might speak evil,</span> (Mark 3:24-28, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Satanic Fabrication Objection Defeater](/codex/satanic-fabrication-objection-defeater/)

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Mark 3](/codex/mark-3/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G1140 - daimonion](/codex/g1140-daimonion/), via [Mark 3.23-27](/codex/mark-3-23-27/)
- [G4567 - satanas](/codex/g4567-satanas/), via [Mark 3.22-27](/codex/mark-3-22-27/), [Mark 3.23-27](/codex/mark-3-23-27/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.