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Mark 3:25

And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

KJV

καὶ ἐὰν οἰκία ἐφ’ ἑαυτὴν μερισθῇ, οὐ δυνήσεται ἡ οἰκία ἐκείνη σταθῆναι.

Greek NT

Et si domus super semetipsam dispertiatur, non potest domus illa stare.

Vulgate

And if a house be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

ASV

And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μερίζω
merizo
verb · 14×
οἰκία
oikia
noun · 94×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
ἵστημι
istemi
verb · 152×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: δυνήσεται | WH/Treg/NIV: δυνήσεται | RP: δύναται
  • δυνήσεταιSBLGNT
  • δυνήσεταιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • δύναταιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἡ οἰκία ἐκείνη σταθῆναι | NIV: ἡ οἰκία ἐκείνη σταθῆναι | WH/Treg: ἡ οἰκία ἐκείνη στῆναι | RP: σταθῆναι ἡ οἰκία ἐκείνη
  • ἡ οἰκία ἐκείνη σταθῆναιSBLGNT
  • ἡ οἰκία ἐκείνη σταθῆναιReader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἡ οἰκία ἐκείνη στῆναιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
  • σταθῆναι ἡ οἰκία ἐκείνηRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gal 5:15 — But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
  • Gen 13:7 — And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
  • Gen 37:4 — And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
  • Jas 3:16 — For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
  • Ps 133:1 — Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!