Matthew 10:35

For I came to part a man against his father (or For I came to set a man against his father), and the daughter against her mother, and the son’s wife against the husband’s mother;

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

In Context

34Do not ye deem (or guess) that I came to send peace into [the] earth; I came not to send peace, but (the) sword.

36and the enemies of a man be they, that be at home with him.

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Cross References

Micah 7:5Do not ye believe to a friend, and do not ye trust in a duke; from her that sleepeth in thy bosom, keep thou the closings of thy mouth. (Do not ye believe a friend, and do not ye trust in a leader; and keep thou the private, or the secret, words of thy mouth, from her who sleepeth in thy bosom.)

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

Luke 21:16And ye shall be taken of father [or Soothly ye shall be betrayed of father], and mother, and brethren, and cousins, and friends, and by death they shall torment [some] of you; (And ye shall be betrayed by father, and mother, and brothers, and cousins, and friends, and they shall torment some of you unto death;)

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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