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Mark 3:27
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KJ21
No man can enter into a strong man’s house and despoil his goods, unless he will first bind the strong man; and then he will despoil his house.
ASV
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.
AMP
But no one can go into a strong man’s house and steal his property unless he first overpowers and ties up the strong man, and then he will ransack and rob his house.
AMPC
But no one can go into a strong man’s house and ransack his household goods right and left and seize them as plunder unless he first binds the strong man; then indeed he may [thoroughly] plunder his house.
BRG
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.
CSB
But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
CSBA
But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
CEB
No one gets into the house of a strong person and steals anything without first tying up the strong person. Only then can the house be burglarized.
CJB
Furthermore, no one can break into a strong man’s house and make off with his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. After that, he can ransack his house.
CEV
How can anyone break into the house of a strong man and steal his things, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can take everything.
DARBY
But no one can, having entered into his house, plunder the goods of the strong [man] unless he first bind the strong [man], and then he will plunder his house.
DLNT
But no one, having entered into the house of the strong man, can plunder his things unless he first binds the strong man. And then he will plunder his house.
DRA
No man can enter into the house of a strong man and rob him of his goods, unless he first bind the strong man, and then shall he plunder his house.
ERV
“Whoever wants to enter a strong man’s house and steal his things must first tie him up. Then they can steal the things from his house.
EASY
Nobody can easily go into the house of a strong man to rob him. To do that, he must first tie up the strong man. Then he can take away all that man's valuable things.
EHV
On the other hand, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he ties up the strong man first. Then he can plunder his house.
ESV
But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.
ESVUK
But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house.
EXB
No one can enter a strong man’s house and ·steal [seize; plunder] his things unless he first ·ties up [binds] the strong man [Is. 49:24–25]. Then he can ·steal [seize; plunder] things from the house. [C Satan is the strong man and his possessions are the people Jesus is freeing from Satan’s power.]
GNV
No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and take away his goods, except he first bind that strong man, and then spoil his house.
GW
“No one can go into a strong man’s house and steal his property. First he must tie up the strong man. Then he can go through the strong man’s house and steal his property.
GNT
“No one can break into a strong man's house and take away his belongings unless he first ties up the strong man; then he can plunder his house.
HCSB
“On the other hand, no one can enter a strong man’s house and rob his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he will rob his house.
ICB
If a person wants to enter a strong man’s house and steal his things, first he must tie up the strong man. Then the thief can steal the things from the strong man’s house.
ISV
No one can go into a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions without first tying up the strong man. Then he can ransack his house.
PHILLIPS
The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying that he was possessed by Beelzebub, and that he drove out devils because he was in league with the prince of devils. So Jesus called them to him and spoke to them in a parable—“How can Satan be the one who drives out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot last either. And if Satan leads a rebellion against Satan—his days are certainly numbered. No one can break into a strong man’s house and steal his property, without first tying up the strong man hand and foot. But if he did that, he could ransack the whole house.
JUB
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.
KJV
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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
But no one can enter the strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.
LEB
But no one is able to enter into the house of a strong man and plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong man, and then he can thoroughly plunder his house.
TLB
Satan must be bound before his demons are cast out, just as a strong man must be tied up before his house can be ransacked and his property robbed.
MSG
The religion scholars from Jerusalem came down spreading rumors that he was working black magic, using devil tricks to impress them with spiritual power. Jesus confronted their slander with a story: “Does it make sense to send a devil to catch a devil, to use Satan to get rid of Satan? A constantly squabbling family disintegrates. If Satan were fighting Satan, there soon wouldn’t be any Satan left. Do you think it’s possible in broad daylight to enter the house of an awake, able-bodied man, and walk off with his possessions unless you tie him up first? Tie him up, though, and you can clean him out.
MEV
No one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then he will plunder his house.
MOUNCE
But no one can enter the house of the strong man and carry off · his possessions unless first he ties up the strong man; · then he can rob · his house.
NOG
“No one can go into a strong man’s house and steal his property. First he must tie up the strong man. Then he can go through the strong man’s house and steal his property.
NABRE
But no one can enter a strong man’s house to plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
NASB
But no one can enter the strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.
NASB1995
But no one can enter the strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.
NCB
“But no one can break into a strong man’s house and steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man; then he can ransack the house.
NCV
No one can enter a strong person’s house and steal his things unless he first ties up the strong person. Then he can steal things from the house.
NET
But no one is able to enter a strong man’s house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.
NIRV
In fact, none of you can enter a strong man’s house unless you tie him up first. Then you can steal things from his house.
NIV
In fact, no one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man’s house.
NIVUK
In fact, no one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man’s house.
NKJV
No one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. And then he will plunder his house.
NLV
No man can go into a strong man’s house and take away his things, unless he ties up the strong man first. Only then can he take things from his house.
NLT
Let me illustrate this further. Who is powerful enough to enter the house of a strong man and plunder his goods? Only someone even stronger—someone who could tie him up and then plunder his house.
NMB
No one can enter into a strong man’s house and take away his goods unless he first binds the strong man, and then he plunders his house.
NRSVA
But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered.
NRSVACE
But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered.
NRSVCE
But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered.
NRSVUE
But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered.
NTFE
But remember: no one can get into a strong man’s house and steal his property unless first they tie up the strong man; then they can plunder his house.
OJB
But no one is able, having entered into the house of the Gibbor to plunder his possessions, unless first, he binds HaGibbor, and then he will plunder the Bayit HaGibbor.
RGT
“No one can enter into a strong man’s house, and take away his goods, except that he first bind that strong man, and then rob his house.
RSV
But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man; then indeed he may plunder his house.
RSVCE
But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man; then indeed he may plunder his house.
TLV
“But no one can enter a strong man’s house to ransack his property, unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he will thoroughly plunder his house.
VOICE
If you want to break into the house of a strong man and plunder it, you have to bind him first. Then you can do whatever you want with his possessions.
WEB
But no one can enter into the house of the strong man to plunder unless he first binds the strong man; then he will plunder his house.
WE
If anyone wants to go into a strong man's house and steal his things, he must first tie the strong man. Then he can steal his things.
WYC
No man may go into a strong man's house, and take away his vessels, but he bind first the strong man, and then he shall spoil his house.
YLT
`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.
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