Matthew 10:21
But brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child; and children shall rise up against parents and shall put them to death;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20For *ye* are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father which speaks in you.
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:11And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth of my bowels, seeks my life: how much more now a Benjaminite? let him alone and let him curse; for Jehovah has bidden him.
Job 19:19All my intimate friends abhor me, and they whom I loved are turned against me.
Zechariah 13:3And it shall come to pass, if any shall yet prophesy, that his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of Jehovah; and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.
Matthew 24:10And then will many be offended, and will deliver one another up, and hate one another;
Luke 12:51Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division:
Matthew Henry on Matthew 10:17-42
Instructions to the Apostles. 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.… Read the whole commentary →