Matthew 10:21

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Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

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  • Mic 7:5-6 : 5 Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a close friend. Guard the words of your mouth from her who lies in your embrace. 6 For a son treats his father with contempt, a daughter rises against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.
  • Zech 13:3 : 3 If anyone still prophesies on that day, his father and mother—those who gave birth to him—will say to him, ‘You must die, because you have spoken lies in the name of the LORD.’ Then his parents, who brought him into the world, will pierce him through when he prophesies.
  • Matt 10:34-36 : 34 Do not think that I came to bring peace to the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 A person's enemies will be those of his own household.
  • Mark 13:12-13 : 12 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death. 13 Everyone will hate you because of My name, but the one who endures to the end will be saved.
  • Luke 12:51-53 : 51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 From now on there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. 53 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.
  • Luke 21:16-17 : 16 You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and some of you will be put to death. 17 Everyone will hate you because of my name.
  • 2 Sam 17:1-4 : 1 Ahithophel said to Absalom, 'Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue David tonight.' 2 I will attack him while he is weary and weak-handed, and I will frighten him. All the people with him will flee, and I will strike down only the king. 3 I will bring back all the people to you, as though everyone returns to the man you seek. Then all the people will be at peace. 4 This plan seemed good in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.
  • Matt 24:10 : 10 'At that time many will turn away from the faith, betray, and hate each other.'
  • 2 Sam 16:11 : 11 David then said to Abishai and all his servants, "Look, my own son who came from my own body is trying to take my life. How much more now this Benjamite! Leave him alone; let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.
  • Job 19:19 : 19 All my close friends abhor me, and those I loved have turned against me.

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  • Mark 13:12-13
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    12Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

    13Everyone will hate you because of My name, but the one who endures to the end will be saved.

  • Luke 21:16-17
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    16You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and some of you will be put to death.

    17Everyone will hate you because of my name.

  • Matt 10:22-23
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    22You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

    23When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. For truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

  • Matt 10:34-37
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    34Do not think that I came to bring peace to the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

    35For I came to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

    36A person's enemies will be those of his own household.

    37The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

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

    10'At that time many will turn away from the faith, betray, and hate each other.'

  • Luke 12:52-53
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    52From now on there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

    53They 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.

  • Matt 10:17-20
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    17But be on guard against people, for they will hand you over to councils and will flog you in their synagogues.

    18You will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the Gentiles.

    19When they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you should say, for what you are to say will be given to you at that time.

    20For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

  • Luke 21:10
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    10Then he said to them, 'Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.'

  • Mic 7:6
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    6For a son treats his father with contempt, a daughter rises against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.

  • Exod 21:15
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    15Anyone who strikes his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Luke 14:26
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    26If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.

  • Mark 10:29-30
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    29Jesus said, 'Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left home, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, or fields for my sake and for the gospel,

    30'who will not receive a hundred times as much now in this present age—homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields—along with persecutions, and in the age to come, eternal life.

  • Isa 14:21
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    21Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons because of the iniquity of their fathers. Let them not rise to possess the land or fill the face of the earth with cities.

  • Exod 21:17
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    17Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Luke 21:12-13
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    12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors on account of my name.

    13This will result in an opportunity for you to bear witness.

  • Ezek 5:10
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    10Therefore, fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you and scatter all your survivors to every wind.

  • Matt 15:4
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    4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’

  • Mark 13:8-9
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    8Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

    9'You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in synagogues. On account of Me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.'

  • Deut 24:16
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    16Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.

  • Matt 12:50
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    50For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.

  • Zech 13:3
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    3If anyone still prophesies on that day, his father and mother—those who gave birth to him—will say to him, ‘You must die, because you have spoken lies in the name of the LORD.’ Then his parents, who brought him into the world, will pierce him through when he prophesies.

  • Lev 20:9
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    9Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is upon him.

  • Jer 18:21
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    21So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle.

  • Matt 10:28
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    28Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

  • Matt 19:29
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    29And everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, or fields for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

  • Matt 23:31
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    31So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

  • Isa 3:5
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    5The people will oppress one another—man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will act arrogantly toward the elderly, and the dishonored against the honored.

  • Deut 21:18
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    18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother, and they discipline him but he will not listen to them,

  • Deut 28:54
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    54Even the most tender and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who are still alive.

  • Matt 5:21
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    21You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and whoever murders will be subject to judgment.

  • Matt 21:38-39
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    38But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance!'

    39So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

  • John 16:2
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    2They will ban you from the synagogue. But the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.

  • Mark 7:10
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    10For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.'