Luke 12:52

For from this time there will be in one house five persons split into parties. Three will form a party against two and two will form a party against three;

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

51Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? No, I tell you that I came to bring dissension.

53father against son and son against father; mother attacking daughter and daughter her mother, mother-in-law her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law her mother-in-law."

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Cross References

John 7:41Others said, "He is the Christ." But others again, "Not so, for is the Christ to come from Galilee?

John 10:19Again there arose a division among the Jews because of these words.

John 16:2You will be excluded from the synagogues; nay more, the time is coming when any one who has murdered one of you will suppose he is offering service to God.

Acts 14:1At Iconium the Apostles went together to the Jewish synagogue and preached, with the result that a great number both of Jews and 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 →

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