“Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Matthew 12 contains 50 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.