Matthew 10:21

Brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child, and children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

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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 it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

22You will be hated by all because of my name, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:10Many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.

Luke 12:51Do you think I have come to grant peace on earth? No, I tell you, but 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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