Luke 12:53

American Standard Version (1901)

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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  • Mic 7:6 : 6 For the son dishonoreth 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.
  • Zech 13:2-6 : 2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah 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. 3 And it shall come to pass that, when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of Jehovah; and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. 4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive: 5 but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth. 6 And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds between thine arms? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
  • Matt 10:21-22 : 21 And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
  • Matt 24:10 : 10 And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.

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    51Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

    52for there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

  • Matt 10:34-37
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    34Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

    35For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law:

    36and a man's foes [shall be] they of his own household.

    37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

  • Mic 7:6
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    6For the son dishonoreth 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.

  • Mark 13:12-13
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    12And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

    13And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

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    21And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

  • Luke 12:54
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    54And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass.

  • Luke 14:25-26
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    25Now there went with him great multitudes: and he turned, and said unto them,

    26If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

  • Matt 12:25-26
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    25And knowing their thoughts he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:

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    48But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

    49And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren!

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    24And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

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    56The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

    57and toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

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    10Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;

  • Luke 21:16-17
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    16But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and [some] of you shall they cause to be put to death.

    17And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.

  • Matt 24:10
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    10And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.

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    44Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use [this] proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

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    30He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

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    54The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he hath remaining;

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    23He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

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