Luke 12:52

for henceforth five shall be in one house, divided, three against two, and two against three.

Thomas Haweis 1795 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

51Think ye that I came to bring peace upon earth? No, I tell you; but rather division:

53The father shall take part against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the step-mother against her daughter-in-law, and the son’s wife against her mother-in-law.

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Cross References

John 7:41Others said, He is the Messiah. But others said, No: for cometh the Messiah out of Galilee?

John 10:19There was therefore a division again among the Jews, on account of these sayings.

John 16:2They will put you out of their synagogues: yea, the hour is coming, that every one who killeth you will think he offers God a sacred service.

Acts 14:1NOW it came to pass at Iconium, that they went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and spake in such a manner, as that a vast multitude both of the Jews and Greek proselytes 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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