Luke 12:52

For from this time there shall be five in one family divided, three against two and two against three:

1770 John Worsley NT

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 ye think that I am come to give peace on the earth? I tell you, nay; but rather division.

53the father will be against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

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Cross References

John 7:41Others said, This is the Messiah. But some said, Shall the Messiah come out of Galilee?

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

John 16:2for they will excommunicate you: yea, the time is coming, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he offers an acceptable service to God.

Acts 14:1And at Iconium they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great number both 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 →

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