Luke 12:52

For from this time forth there shall be five in one house at variance, three with two, and two with three.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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 you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I toll you, No; but rather dissension.

53The father shall be at variance with the son, and the son with the father; the mother with the daughter, and the daughter with the mother; the mother-in-law with her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law.

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Cross References

John 7:41Others said: This is the Christ. But others said: Does the Christ come out of Galilee?

John 10:19Again, therefore, there was a division among the Jews, on account of these words.

John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues; indeed, the time is coming, when he that kills you, will think that he is offering service to God.

Acts 14:1And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that a great multitude of the Jews and Greeks believed.

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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