Matthew 10:35
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
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.
36 And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
- ASV
- For I came 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:
- DARBY
- For I have come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law;
- BLB
- For I came to set at variance: ‘A man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
- ÅB
- For jeg har kommet for å skape splittelse mellom en mann og hans far, og mellom en datter og hennes mor, og mellom en svigerdatter og hennes svigermor,
- OTB
- For jeg er kommet for å
sette en sønn mot sin far,
en datter mot sin mor,
og en svigerdatter mot sin svigermor; - B1930
- For jeg er kommet for å sette splid mellem en mann og hans far, og mellem en datter og hennes mor, og mellem en svigerdatter og hennes svigermor,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Micah 7:5–6
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Read in contextMatthew 10:21
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.
Read in contextLuke 21:16
And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
Read in contextMatthew 24:10
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Read in contextMark 13:12
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.
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