Matthew 10:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • Mic 7:5-6 : 5 Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast. 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 13:3 : 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.
  • Matt 10:34-36 : 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.
  • Mark 13:12-13 : 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.
  • Luke 12:51-53 : 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. 53 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.
  • Luke 21:16-17 : 16 But you will be given up even by your fathers and mothers, your brothers and relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death. 17 And you will be hated by all men, because of me.
  • 2 Sam 17:1-4 : 1 Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me take out twelve thousand men and this very night I will go after David: 2 And I will come up with him when he is tired and feeble, and make him full of fear: and all the people with him will go in flight; and I will make an attack on the king only: 3 And I will make all the people come back to you as a bride comes back to her husband: it is the life of only one man you are going after; so all the people will be at peace. 4 And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel.
  • 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.
  • 2 Sam 16:11 : 11 And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, You see how my son, the offspring of my body, has made designs against my life: how much more then may this Benjamite do so? Let him be, and let him go on cursing; for the Lord has given him orders.
  • Job 19:19 : 19 All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.

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  • 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.

  • Luke 21:16-17
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    16 But you will be given up even by your fathers and mothers, your brothers and relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death.

    17 And you will be hated by all men, because of me.

  • Matt 10:22-23
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    22 And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.

    23 But when they are cruel to you in one town, go in flight to another: for truly, I say to you, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.

  • 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.

  • Matt 24:9-10
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    9 Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.

    10 And numbers of people will be turned from the right way, and will give one another up and have hate for one another.

  • Luke 12:52-53
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    52 For from this time, a family of five in one house will be on opposite sides, three against two and two against three.

    53 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.

  • Matt 10:17-20
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    17 But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

    18 And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

    19 But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;

    20 Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.

  • Luke 21:10
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    10 Then he said to them, Nation will be moved against nation and kingdom against kingdom:

  • Mic 7:6
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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.

  • Exod 21:15
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    15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

  • Luke 14:26
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    26 And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

  • Mark 10:29-30
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    29 Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, because of me and the good news,

    30 Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life.

  • Isa 14:21
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    21 Make ready a place of death for his children, because of the evil-doing of their father; so that they may not come up and take the earth for their heritage, covering the face of the world with waste places.

  • Exod 21:17
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    17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

  • Luke 21:12-13
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    12 But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.

    13 And it will be turned to a witness for you.

  • Ezek 5:10
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    10 For this cause fathers will take their sons for food among you, and sons will make a meal of their fathers; and I will be judge among you, and all the rest of you I will send away to every wind.

  • Matt 15:4
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    4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.

  • Mark 13:8-9
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    72%

    8 Nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom: there will be earth-shocks in different places; there will be times when there is no food; these things are the first of the troubles.

    9 But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them.

  • Deut 24:16
    71%

    16 Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers: every man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.

  • Matt 12:50
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    50 For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

  • Zech 13:3
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    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.

  • Lev 20:9
    71%

    9 Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

  • Jer 18:21
    71%

    21 For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight.

  • Matt 10:28
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    28 And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

  • Matt 19:29
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    29 And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.

  • Mal 4:6
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    6 And by him the hearts of fathers will be turned to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers; for fear that I may come and put the earth under a curse.

  • Matt 23:31
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    31 So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to death.

  • Isa 3:5
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    5 And the people will be crushed, every one by his neighbour; the young will be full of pride against the old, and those of low position will be lifted up against the noble.

  • Deut 21:18
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    18 If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:

  • Deut 28:54
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    54 That man among you who is soft and used to comfort will be hard and cruel to his brother, and to his dear wife, and to of those his children who are still living;

  • Matt 5:21
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    21 You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:

  • Matt 21:38-39
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    38 But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.

    39 And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death.

  • John 16:2
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    2 They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure.

  • Mark 7:10
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    10 For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death: