Matthew 10:21
Brother will betray brother and have him killed, and a father will do the same to his child. Children will rebel against their parents, and have them put to death.
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20For it isn't you who will speak but the Spirit of the Father will speak through you.
22Everyone will hate you because you follow me, but those who endure until the end will be saved.
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:11David said to Abishai and to all his officers, “Look, if my very own son is trying to kill me, why shouldn't this Benjamite want to even more! Leave him alone; let him curse me, for the Lord told him to.
Job 19:19All my closest friends despise me, and those I loved have turned on me.
Zechariah 13:3If anyone continues to prophesy, his father and mother to whom he was born will tell him, “You shall not live, because you have told lies in the Lord's name.” Then his parents shall kill him because he has prophesied.
Matthew 24:10At that time many believers will give up believing. They will betray one another and hate one another.
Luke 12:51Do you think that I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, I bring 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 →