Matthew 12:26

12:26 So if ¹  Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

Matthew 4:10

4:10 Then Jesus said to him, “Go away, ²  Satan! For it is written: ‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’” ³ 

Matthew 16:23

16:23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.” ⁴ 

Matthew 13:39

13:39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

Matthew 12:24

12:24 But when the Pharisees ⁵  heard this they said, “He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, ⁶  the ruler ⁷  of demons!”

[12:26]  ¹ tn This first class condition, the first of three “if” clauses in the following verses, presents the example vividly as if it were so. In fact, all three conditions in these verses are first class. The examples are made totally parallel. The expected answer is that Satan’s kingdom will not stand, so the suggestion makes no sense. Satan would not seek to heal.

[4:10]  ² tc The majority of later witnesses (C² D L Z 33 Ï) have “behind me” (ὀπίσω μου; opisw mou) after “Go away.” But since this is the wording in Matt 16:23, where the text is certain, scribes most likely added the words here to conform to the later passage. Further, the shorter reading has superior support (א B C*^vid K P W Δ 0233 Ë^1,13 565 579* 700 al). Thus, both externally and internally, the shorter reading is strongly preferred.

[4:10]  ³ sn A quotation from Deut 6:13. The word “only” is an interpretive expansion not found in either the Hebrew or Greek (LXX) text of the OT.

[16:23]  ³ tn Grk “people.”

[12:24]  ⁴ sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

[12:24]  ⁵ tn Grk “except by Beelzebul.”

[12:24]  ⁶ tn Or “prince.”