Matthew 10:35

For I have come to ‘ turn a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’;

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

In Context

34“Do not suppose that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

36and ‘A man's enemies will be his own household members.’

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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 21:16You will be betrayed even by parents and relatives, friends and brothers; and they will put some of you to death.

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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