Mark 13:12

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“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.”

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BSBPD

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 13:12 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Ezekiel 38:21And I will summon a sword against Gog on all My mountains, declares the Lord GOD, and every man’s sword will be against his brother.
  2. Micah 7:4The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
  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,
  5. Luke 12:52From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
  6. Luke 21:16You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.

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

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