Luke 12:53

Bible in Basic English (1941)

They will be at war, the father against his son, and the son against his father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.

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  • Mic 7:6 : 6 For the son puts shame on his father, the daughter goes against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's haters are those of his family.
  • Zech 13:2-6 : 2 And it will come about on that day, says the Lord of armies, that I will have the names of the images cut off out of the land, and there will be no more memory of them: and I will send all the prophets and the unclean spirit away from the land. 3 And if anyone goes on acting as a prophet, then his father and his mother who gave him life will say to him, You may not go on living, for you are saying what is false in the name of the Lord; and his father and his mother will put a sword through him when he does so. 4 And it will come about in that day that the prophets will be shamed, every man on account of his vision, when he is talking as a prophet; and they will not put on a robe of hair for purposes of deceit: 5 But he will say, I am no prophet, but a worker on the land; for I have been an owner of land from the time when I was young. 6 And if anyone says to him, What are these wounds between your hands? then he will say, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
  • Matt 10:21-22 : 21 And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death. 22 And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.
  • Matt 24:10 : 10 And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another.

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    51 Is it your opinion that I have come to give peace on earth? I say to you, No, but division:

    52 For from this time, a family of five in one house will be on opposite sides, three against two and two against three.

  • Matt 10:34-37
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    34 Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword.

    35 For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:

    36 And a man will be hated by those of his house.

    37 He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

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    6 For the son puts shame on his father, the daughter goes against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man's haters are those of his family.

  • Mark 13:12-13
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    12 And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

    13 And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation.

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    21 And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

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    54 Then he said to the people, When you see a cloud coming up in the west, straight away you say, There will be rain; and so it is.

  • Luke 14:25-26
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    25 Now a great number of people went with him.

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    25 And having knowledge of their thoughts he said to them, Every kingdom having division in itself is made waste, and every town or house having division in itself will come to destruction.

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    24 If there is division in a kingdom, that kingdom will come to destruction;

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