Matthew 10:21
Brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against their parents and cause them to be put to death.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
20For it is not you who will speak, but the Spirit of your Father who will speak in you.
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:11So David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Look, my son, who was born from my body, wants to take my life. How much more may this Benjamite now desire my ruin? Leave him alone and let him curse, for Yahweh has commanded him to do it.
Job 19:19All my familiar friends abhor me; 1 those whom I love have turned against me. 1
Zechariah 13:3If any man continues to prophesy, his father and mother who bore him will tell him, 'You will not live, for you speak lies in the name of Yahweh!' Then the father and mother who bore him will pierce him when he prophesies.
Matthew 24:10Then many will stumble, and betray one another and hate one another.
Luke 12:51Do you think that I came to bring peace on the earth? No, I tell 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 →