Matius 12:26

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

Matius 13:21

13:21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure; ²  when ³  trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

[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.

[13:21]  ² tn Grk “is temporary.”

[13:21]  ³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.