Mark 3:23

“And he called them unto him, etc..] The Jerusalem Scribes, to come nearer to him, and attend to what he had to say in defence of his character and miracles: and said unto them in parables: similitudes, and proverbial expressions, as the following seem to be, how can Satan cast out Satan? or one devil cast out another? how unreasonable is it to suppose it? can it ever be thought that such, whose interest it is to unite, would ever oppose and dispossess one another? if therefore, as if he should say, I am Beelzebub, or have him, and he is in me, and I am in confederacy with him; was this the case, can any think I should ever cast him out of others, as I do?”

“And the scribes ... - See the notes at Matthew 12:24-32. The occasion of their saying this was, that he had healed a man possessed with a devil. The scribes, who came from Jerusalem to watch his conduct, charged him with having made a compact or agreement with the prince of the devils. return to 'Top of Page'”

“3:23-27 Jesus showed the absurdity of this charge by giving several analogies. Satan would not undo his own work.”

“in parables: Psa 49:4; Mat 13:34 How: Mat 12:25-30; Luk 11:17-23 Mark 3:24”