Luke 12:51

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division;

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  • Matt 10:34-36 : 34 `Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword; 35 for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, 36 and the enemies of a man are those of his household.
  • Zech 11:7-8 : 7 And I feed the flock of slaughter, even you, ye afflicted of the flock; and I take to me two staves, the one I have called Pleasantness, and the other I have called Bands, and I feed the flock. 8 And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, and my soul is grieved with them, and also their soul hath abhorred me.
  • Zech 11:10-11 : 10 And I take My staff Pleasantness, and cut it asunder, to make void My covenant that I had made with all the peoples: 11 and it is broken in that day, and know well do the afflicted of the flock who are observing me, that it `is' a word of Jehovah.
  • Zech 11:14 : 14 And I cut asunder my second staff, Bands, to break the unity between Judah and Israel.
  • Luke 12:49 : 49 `Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled?
  • Matt 24:7-9 : 7 `For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places; 8 and all these `are' the beginning of sorrows; 9 then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name; 10 and then shall many be stumbled, and they shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.

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    34`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

    35for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

    36and the enemies of a man are those of his household.

    37`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

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

    53a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'

  • Luke 12:49-50
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    49`Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled?

    50but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed!

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    25And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,

    26and if the Adversary doth cast out the Adversary, against himself he was divided, how then doth his kingdom stand?

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    9and when ye may hear of wars and uprisings, be not terrified, for it behoveth these things to happen first, but the end `is' not immediately.'

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    17And he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated; and house against house doth fall;

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    30`He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me, doth scatter.

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    17`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets -- I did not come to throw down, but to fulfill;

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    7I `am' peace, and when I speak they `are' for war!

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    27`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

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    23he who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me doth scatter.

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    25And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,

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    27and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

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    13and if indeed the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; and if it be not worthy, let your peace turn back to you.

  • Mark 3:24-25
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    24and if a kingdom against itself be divided, that kingdom cannot be made to stand;

    25and if a house against itself be divided, that house cannot be made to stand;

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    19Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words,

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    21`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,

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