Matthew 10:21
And brother will deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children will rise up against parents, and will put them to death,
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In Context
20for you are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you.
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:11And David says to Abishai, and to all his servants, “Behold, my son who came out of my bowels is seeking my life, and also surely now the Benjamite; leave him alone, and let him revile, for YHWH has commanded [so] to him;
Job 19:19All the men of my counsel detest me, || And those I have loved, || Have been turned against me.
Zechariah 13:3And it has been, when one prophesies again, || That his parents, his father and his mother, || Have said to him, You do not live, || For you have spoken falsehood in the Name of YHWH, || And his father and his mother, his parents, || Have pierced him through in his prophesying.
Matthew 24:10and then will many be stumbled, and they will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.
Luke 12:51Do you think that I came to give peace in the earth? No, I say to you, 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 →