Luke 12:52

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

Family 35 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 imagine that I came to provide peace on the earth? Not at all, I tell you, but rather division.

53Father will be divided against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

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Cross References

John 7:41Others were saying, “This One is the Christ!” Others were saying: “Surely the Christ isn't coming out of Galilee, is He?

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

John 16:2—they will excommunicate you; indeed, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering God service!

Acts 14:1Now it happened in Iconium that they went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and they spoke to such effect that a large number of both 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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