Mark 3:23-26 And He called them to Him and began speaking to them in parables i.e., brief stories to illustrate His teaching, saying, “How can Satan drive out Satan?

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²³ And He called them to Him and began speaking to them in parables [i.e., brief stories to illustrate His teaching], saying, “How can Satan drive out Satan? ²⁴ And if a kingdom is plagued by internal division, it will never survive. ²⁵ And if a household is divided [by strife] within, that household will never last. ²⁶ And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided [i.e., in aim and purpose] he cannot survive, and his end has come.