Luke 12:52

For from this time there shall be five parted in one house; three shall be parted against twain (or two), and twain shall be parted against three;

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

51Ween ye, [or Guess ye], (or Think ye), that I came to give peace into [the] earth? Nay, I say to you, but parting (or division).

53the father against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the husband’s mother against the son’s wife, and the son’s wife against her husband’s mother.

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Cross References

Psalms 41:9For why the man of my peace, in whom I hoped, he that ate my loaves; made great deceit on me. (For my friend, in whom I trusted, he who ate my bread; brought forth great deceptions, or lies, against me.)

John 7:41Others said, This is Christ. But some said, Whether Christ cometh from Galilee? (Others said, He is the Messiah. But some said, Will the Messiah come from Galilee?)

John 10:19Again dissension was made among the Jews for these words.

John 16:2They shall make you without the synagogues, but the hour cometh, that each man that slayeth you, deem that he doeth service to God. (They shall put you out of the synagogues, and the time cometh, when each man who killeth you, shall think that he doeth a service to God.)

Acts 14:1And it befelled at Iconium, that they entered together into the synagogue of (the) Jews, and spake, so that [a] full great multitude 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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