Luke 12:52
For from this time, there will be five persons in one house, who will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
51Suppose ye, that I have come to produce tranquillity on the earth? I tell you, No: but division.
Cross References
John 7:41Others said: He is the Messiah. Others said: Doth Messiah come from Galilee?
John 10:19And again there was a division among the Jews, on account of these sayings.
John 16:2For they will eject you from their synagogues; and the hour will come, that whoever shall kill you, will suppose that he presenteth an offering to God.
Acts 14:1And they came and entered into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke with them, that many of the Jews and of the Greeks 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 →