Matthew 12:26

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

Joh 12:31; Joh 14:30; Joh 16:11; 2Co 4:4; Col 1:13; 1Jo 5:19; Re 9:11; Re 12:9; Re 16:10; Re 20:2,3

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.