Luke 12:52

For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three.

English Majority Text (NT)

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 came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division.

53Father will be divided against a son and a son against father, a mother against a daughter and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.” 1 Discerning the Times

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Cross References

John 7:41Others said, “This is the Messiah.” Others said, “Surely the Messiah is not to come out of Galilee, is He?

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

John 16:2They will excommunicate you; but the time is coming when everyone who kills you will think that he is offering God a service.

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