Matthew 12:30
New International Version
“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever 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.

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

Berean Literal Bible
The one not being with Me is against Me, and the one not gathering with Me scatters.

King James Bible
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

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

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

NASB 1995
“He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

NASB 1977
“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.

Amplified Bible
He who is not with Me [once and for all on My side] is against Me; and he who does not [unequivocally] gather with Me scatters.

Christian Standard Bible
Anyone who is not with me is against me, and anyone who does not gather with me scatters.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Anyone who is not with Me is against Me, and anyone who does not gather with Me scatters.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Whoever is not with me is against me; whoever does not gather with me truly is scattering.

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

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Whoever isn't with me is against me. Whoever doesn't gather with me scatters.

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

International Standard Version
The person who isn't with me is against me, and the person who isn't gathering with me is scattering.

Literal Standard Version
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who is not gathering with Me, scatters.

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

New American Bible
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

NET Bible
Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

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

New Heart English Bible
"He who is not with me is against me, and he who 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 abroad.

Weymouth New Testament
"The man who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me is scattering abroad.

World English Bible
“He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters.

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

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A House Divided
29Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house. 30He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters. 31Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.…

Cross References
Proverbs 11:24
One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.

Matthew 12:29
Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man's house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

Mark 9:40
For whoever is not against us is for us.

Luke 9:50
"Do not stop him," Jesus replied, "for whoever is not against you is for you."

Luke 11:23
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.


Treasury of Scripture

He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathers not with me scatters abroad.

that is.

Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Joshua 5:13
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

gathereth.

Genesis 49:10
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

Hosea 1:11
Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

John 11:52
And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

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Matthew 12
1. Jesus reproves the blindness of the Pharisees concerning the Sabbath,
3. by scripture,
9. by reason,
13. and by a miracle.
22. He heals a man possessed that was blind and mute;
24. and confronting the absurd charge of casting out demons by Beelzebub,
32. he shows that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall never be forgiven.
36. Account shall be made of idle words.
38. He rebukes the unfaithful, who seek after a sign,
46. and shows who is his brother, sister, and mother.














(30) He that is not with me is against me.--The words seem at first at variance with the answer to the sons of Zebedee, when they reported that they had seen one casting out devils in the name of Christ, and had forbidden him "because he followed not" with them. Then they heard," Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us" (Luke 9:50); and those words have naturally been the watchword of those who rejoice when Christ is preached every way, and by whatever organisation. In reality, however, the two formulae do but present the opposite poles of the same truth. In the great struggle between light and darkness, good and evil, God and the enemy of God, there is no neutrality. The man of whom the two disciples complained was fighting against the devil in the name of Christ, and was therefore with Him. The Pharisees were hindering and slandering that work, and therefore were on the side of Satan. They were not gathering in God's harvest of souls, and therefore they were scattering and wasting.

Verse 30. - Parallel passage: Luke 11:23, omitted in Mark. The aim of this verse is doubtful.

(1) It may be addressed to the Pharisees, with the object of showing them what their words really implied. They were not due, as some might think, to mere indifferentism or to a judicial neutrality; such a relation to him was impossible. They were due to opposition of inner life and of outward energy. Thus their words denoted complete separation from him. This he brings out more clearly in the two following verses.

(2) This interpretation, however, would attribute to the Pharisees too great an ignorance of their own feelings of opposition to Christ, and it is therefore best to understand the verse as addressed to the many bystanders. Christ has do-fended himself from the accusation brought against him, and now urges these waverers not to be content with only not opposing him, but to take sides - for, in fact, they cannot help doing so. Indifference in this case is only another name for opposition; not actively to help is really to hinder. Thus understood, the lesson of this verse finds its parallel in vers. 43-45, by which, indeed, it is immediately followed in Luke. He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. The first clause speaks of the inner disposition, that which forms the real being of the man; the second, of his energy. Observe that the figure of the second clause appears to be connected with that of ver. 29. If Christ's property is not collected, it is driven further from him. Christ and Christians must gather (John 11:52; cf. Bengel). For gathereth (συνάγων), cf. also Matthew 3:12; Matthew 13:30. In scattereth abroad (σκορπίζει) the thought almost leaves the simile of the σκεύη, and regards the persons signified. Notice that in John 11:52, referred to above, the two verbs συνάγειν and (δια) σκορπίζειν, also occur; the figure there, however, appears to be taken from sheep (cf. John 10:12). Further, Mark 9:40 and Luke 9:50 record the saying, "He that is not against us is for us," which was addressed to our Lord's disciples. Both sayings are necessary; earnest Christians need to remember that when outsiders do anything in Christ's name, it must, on the whole, forward his cause (Philippians 1:18); the undecided must face the fact that neutrality is impossible.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
He who
(Ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

is
ὢν (ōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

not
μὴ (mē)
Adverb
Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

with
μετ’ (met’)
Preposition
Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

Me
ἐμοῦ (emou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

against
κατ’ (kat’)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

Me,
ἐμοῦ (emou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

he who
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

{does} not
μὴ (mē)
Adverb
Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.

gather
συνάγων (synagōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4863: From sun and ago; to lead together, i.e. Collect or convene; specially, to entertain.

with
μετ’ (met’)
Preposition
Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

Me
ἐμοῦ (emou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

scatters.
σκορπίζει (skorpizei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4650: Apparently from the same as skorpios; to dissipate, i.e. put to flight, waste, be liberal.


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