And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
and if a house against itself be divided, that house cannot be made to stand;
If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
And if a house has become divided against itself, that house cannot subsist.
Mark — The Gospel of the servant in motion. The narrative hinges at Peter's confession (8:27). Before: the Servant revealed. After: the Servant suffers.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
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I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united…
Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
Continue in brotherly love.
then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.
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James 3:16For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
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But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
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And if a house be divided against itself,.... Any family, small or great, that house cannot stand; its contentions and discords will soon bring it down from a comfortable and flourishing situation, to a very distressed one; See Gill on Mat 12:25.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
The verses this one reaches5
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.
