Luke 11:23

Bible in Basic English

He who is not with me is against me, and he who will not give me help in getting people together is driving them away.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Anyone who is not with me is against me,

King James Version (1611)
He that is not with me, is against me: and hee that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

King James Version
He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

English Standard Version
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

New American Standard Bible
"The one who is not with Me is against Me; and the one who does not gather with Me scatters.

New Century Version
"Anyone who is not with me is against me, and anyone who does not work with me is working against me.

Amplified Bible
"He who is not with Me [believing in Me as Lord and Savior] is against Me [there is no impartial position]; and he who does not gather with Me [assisting in My ministry], scatters.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me, scatters.

Legacy Standard Bible
He who is not with Me is against Me and he who does not gather with Me, scatters.

Berean Standard Bible
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

Contemporary English Version
If you are not on my side, you are against me. If you don't gather in the crop with me, you scatter it.

Complete Jewish Bible
Those who are not with me are against me, and those who do not gather with me are scattering.

Darby Translation
He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Whoever is not with me is against me. And anyone who does not work with me is working against me.

Geneva Bible (1587)
He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

George Lamsa Translation
He who is not with me is against me; and he who does not gather with me will scatter.

Good News Translation
"Anyone who is not for me is really against me; anyone who does not help me gather is really scattering.

Lexham English Bible
The one who is not with me is against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.

Literal Translation
The one not being with Me is against Me. And the one not gathering with Me scatters.

American Standard Version
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

Hebrew Names Version
"He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn't gather with me scatters.

International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
He who is not with me is against me; and he who does not collect with me, by scattering he scattereth.

Murdock Translation
He that is not for me, is against me; and he that gathereth not with me, actually scattereth.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth [abrode.]

English Revised Version
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

World English Bible
He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn't gather with me scatters.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

Weymouth's New Testament
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever is not gathering with me is scattering abroad.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He that is not with me, is ayens me; and he that gederith not togidir with me, scaterith abrood.

Update Bible Version
He that is not with me is against me; and he that does not gather with me scatters.

Webster's Bible Translation
He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

New English Translation
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

New King James Version
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

New Living Translation
"Anyone who isn't with me opposes me, and anyone who isn't working with me is actually working against me.

New Life Bible
Whoever is not with Me is against Me. Whoever does not gather with Me is sending them everywhere.

New Revised Standard
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He that is not with me, is, against me; and, he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

Revised Standard Version
He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
He that is not with me is agaynst me. And he that gadereth not with me scattereth.

Young's Literal Translation
he who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me doth scatter.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He that is not with me, is agaynst me: and he that gathereth not with me, scatereth abrode.

Mace New Testament (1729)
He that does not join with me, is against me: and he that is not active for me, is a deserter.

THE MESSAGE
"This is war, and there is no neutral ground. If you're not on my side, you're the enemy; if you're not helping, you're making things worse.

Simplified Cowboy Version
"Anyone who doesn't ride for me is against me. If you don't gather with me, then you are scattering it.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder. ¹⁵ But some of them said, He sends out evil spirits by Beelzebul, the ruler of evil spirits. ¹⁶ And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him. ¹⁷ But he, having knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom in which there is division is made waste; and a house in which there is division comes to destruction. ¹⁸ If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul. ¹⁹ And if I, by Beelzebul, send out evil spirits, by whose help do your sons send them out? so let them be your judges. ²⁰ But if I, by the finger of God, send out evil spirits, then the kingdom of God has overtaken you. ²¹ When the strong man armed keeps watch over his house, then his goods are safe: ²² But when one who is stronger makes an attack on him and overcomes him, he takes away his instruments of war, in which he had put his faith, and makes division of his goods. ²³ He who is not with me is against me, and he who will not give me help in getting people together is driving them away.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Luke 9:50, Matthew 12:30, Revelation 3:15, Revelation 3:16

Reciprocal: Daniel 11:17 - upright ones Mark 9:40 - General Luke 16:13 - servant

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He that is not with me, is against me,.... Our Lord does not mean one, that was not personally with him; for there might be some, and doubtless were many, who were not in person with him, and yet were not against him, but friends to him, and to his interest; nor one that was not a professed disciple of his, or not a follower of him, and his apostles; for there were some who called themselves John's disciples, and did not attend on Christ, and yet were not against him, but cast out devils in his name; and such an one perhaps was he, that is made mention of in Mark 9:38 on occasion of whom, Christ there says some words, which may seem at first view, not so well to accord with these: but such are intended, who acted a neutral part between him and the Pharisees; who could bear to hear them accuse him of casting out devils by the prince of devils, and be easy at it: and such persons are condemned, who can hear all manner of blasphemy against the deity, sonship, blood, righteousness, and sacrifice of Christ, and express no indignation at it; these, as they cannot be said to be with Christ, may be truly ranked among those that are against him:

and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth; whoever did not encourage persons to attend on the ministry of Christ, which was confirmed by such miracles the Pharisees spoke so reproachfully and contemptuously of, were reckoned by Christ as such, who were the means of hindering persons gathering unto him; as well as those who menaced and excommunicated them for so doing: the allusion is either to the gathering of the sheep into the fold, and the scattering of them by the wolf; or to the gathering of the wheat, and binding it in sheaves, and bringing it home in harvest; and to the scattering of the wheat loose in the field, whereby it is lost, and comes to nothing; Mark 9:38- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 12:22-30.