Matthew 10:21

Brother will betray brother to death, and father, child; and children will rise against their own parents and will put them to death.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 is not you who will speak: it will be the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

22And you will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name; but he who holds out to the End--he will be saved.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:10Then will many stumble and fall, and they will betray one another and hate one another.

Luke 12:51Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? No, I tell you that I came to bring dissension.

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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