Luke 12:53

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.””

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BSBPD

“They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The father shall be divided 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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 12:53 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Micah 7:6For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.
  2. Zechariah 13:2And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
  3. Matthew 10:21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
  4. Matthew 24:10At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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