Luke 12:53

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They will be divided, father 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.”

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  • Mic 7:6 : 6 For a son thinks his father is a fool, a daughter challenges her mother, and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are his own family.
  • Zech 13:2-6 : 2 And also on that day,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“I will remove the names of the idols from the land and they will never again be remembered. Moreover, I will remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land. 3 Then, if anyone prophesies in spite of this, his father and mother to whom he was born will say to him,‘You cannot live, for you lie in the name of the LORD.’Then his father and mother to whom he was born will run him through with a sword when he prophesies. 4 “Therefore, on that day each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies and will no longer wear the hairy garment of a prophet to deceive the people. 5 Instead he will say,‘I am no prophet– indeed, I am a farmer, for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth.’ 6 Then someone will ask him,‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ and he will answer,‘Some that I received in the house of my friends.’
  • Matt 10:21-22 : 21 “Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death. 22 And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved!
  • Matt 24:10 : 10 Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.

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    51Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!

    52For from now on there will be five in one household divided, three against two and two against three.

  • Matt 10:34-37
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    34Not Peace, but a Sword“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword!

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

    36and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household.

    37“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

  • Mic 7:6
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    6For a son thinks his father is a fool, a daughter challenges her mother, and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are his own family.

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

    13You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

  • Matt 10:21
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    21“Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.

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    54Reading the Signs Jesus also said to the crowds,“When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once,‘A rainstorm is coming,’ and it does.

  • Luke 14:25-26
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    25Counting the Cost Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said,

    26“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

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    25Now when Jesus realized what they were thinking, he said to them,“Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and no town or house divided against itself will stand.

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    49And pointing toward his disciples he said,“Here are my mother and my brothers!

    50For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

  • Mark 3:24-25
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    24If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will not be able to stand.

    25If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

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    56Likewise, the most tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters,

    57and will secretly eat her afterbirth and her newborn children(since she has nothing else), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.

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    17You will be hated by everyone because of my name.

  • Matt 24:10
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    10Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.

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    14And I will smash them like wine bottles against one another, children and parents alike. I will not show any pity, mercy, or compassion. Nothing will keep me from destroying them,’ says the LORD.”

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    54The man among you who is by nature tender and sensitive will turn against his brother, his beloved wife, and his remaining children.

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    35Indeed, as a result of him the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed– and a sword will pierce your own soul as well!”

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    23Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

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    35For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

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