Luke 12:52

For henceforth there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

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In The King James Version

For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

In Context

51Do ye suppose that I came to give peace on the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.

53A father will 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.

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Cross References

Psalms 41:9Yea, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

John 7:41Others said, This is the Christ. Others said, For does the Christ come out of Galilee?

John 10:19Therefore again there became a division among the Jews because of these words.

John 16:2They will make you excommunicated from the synagogues. But the hour comes that every man who kills you will presume to be offering service to God.

Acts 14:1And it came to pass in Iconium according to the same thing, for them to enter into the synagogue of the Jews, and to speak so as for a great quantity to believe, both of Jews and of Greeks.

Matthew Henry on Luke 12:42-54

Vigilance and Exertion Inculcated. 41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? 42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. 45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his… Read the whole commentary →

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