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Luke 12:53

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The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

The father {G3962} shall be divided {G1266} against {G1909} the son {G5207}, and {G2532} the son {G5207} against {G1909} the father {G3962}; the mother {G3384} against {G1909} the daughter {G2364}, and {G2532} the daughter {G2364} against {G1909} the mother {G3384}; the mother in law {G3994} against {G1909} her {G846} daughter in law {G3565}, and {G2532} the daughter in law {G3565} against {G1909} her {G846} mother in law {G3994}.

Father will be divided against son
and son against father,
mother against daughter
and daughter against mother,
mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law
and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.

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Cross-References

  • Micah 7:6 (13 votes)

    For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies [are] the men of his own house.

  • Matthew 24:10 (7 votes)

    And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

  • Matthew 10:21 (6 votes)

    And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against [their] parents, and cause them to be put to death.

  • Matthew 10:22 (6 votes)

    And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

  • Zechariah 13:2 (3 votes)

    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, [that] I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

  • Zechariah 13:6 (3 votes)

    And [one] shall say unto him, What [are] these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, [Those] with which I was wounded [in] the house of my friends.