Matthew 12:26

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

Matthew 18:29

18:29 Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, ²  ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’

Matthew 24:48

24:48 But if ³  that evil slave should say to himself, ⁴  ‘My master is staying away a long time,’

Matthew 27:5

27:5 So ⁵  Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself.

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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.

² tn Grk “begged him, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

³ tn In the Greek text this is a third class condition that for all practical purposes is a hypothetical condition (note the translation of the following verb “should say”).

⁴ tn Grk “should say in his heart.”

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the leaders’ response to Judas.