Matthew 10:21

“Now brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents, and put them to death.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

In Context

20for you are not the ones speaking, but the Spirit of your Father who is speaking in you.

22And you will be hated by all people for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:10And then many will fall away, and they will betray one another, and they will hate one another.

Luke 12:51Do you think that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, 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 →

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