Matthew 10:21

And the brother shall betake the brother into death (or And a brother shall deliver, or shall betray, a brother unto death), and the father the son, and sons shall rise against [their] father and mother, and shall torment them by death [or to the death].

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 be not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father, that speaketh in (or through) you.

22And ye shall be in hate [or in hatred] to all men for my name; but he that shall dwell still [or shall continue] into the end, shall be made safe. (And ye shall be hated by everyone for my name; but he who shall continue unto the end, shall be saved.)

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Cross References

2 Samuel 16:11And the king said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Lo! my son, that went out of my womb, seeketh my life; how much more now this son of Benjamin? Suffer ye him, that he curse (me) by [the] commandment of the Lord;

Job 19:19They, that were my counsellors sometime, had abomination of me, (or They, who were sometimes my counsellors, loathed me); and he, whom I loved most, was (an) adversary to me.

Zechariah 13:3And it shall be, when any man shall prophesy any more, his father and mother that engendered him, shall say to him, Thou shalt not live, for thou hast spoken leasing in the name of the Lord; and his father and his mother, the engenderers of him, shall prick him, when he hath prophesied. (And it shall be, when any man shall prophesy any more, his father and his mother who begat him, shall say to him, Thou shalt not live, for thou hast spoken lies in the name of the Lord; and his father and his mother, who begat him, shall pierce, or shall stab, him, when he hath prophesied.)

Matthew 24:10And then many shall be caused to stumble, and betray each other, and they shall hate each other.

Luke 12:51Ween 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).

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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