Luke 12:53
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.
KJV
διαμερισθήσονται, πατὴρ ἐπὶ υἱῷ καὶ υἱὸς ἐπὶ πατρί, μήτηρ ἐπὶ θυγατέρα καὶ θυγάτηρ ἐπὶ μητέρα, πενθερὰ ἐπὶ τὴν νύμφην καὶ νύμφη ἐπὶ τὴν πενθεράν.
Greek NT
dividentur : pater in filium, et filius in patrem suum, mater in filiam, et filia in matrem, socrus in nurum suam, et nurus in socrum suam.
Vulgate
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.
ASV
The father shall be divided against the son and the son against his father: the mother against the daughter and the daughter against her mother: the mother-in-law against the daughter-in-law and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
5 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- διαμερισθήσονται — SBLGNT
- διαμερισθήσονται — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Διαμερισθήσεται — Robinson-Pierpont
- ἐπὶ — SBLGNT
- ἐπὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
- + τὴν — Reader's GNT (NA27)
- θυγατέρα — SBLGNT
- θυγατέρα — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- θυγατρί — Robinson-Pierpont
- τὴν μητέρα — SBLGNT
- τὴν μητέρα — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- μητρί — Robinson-Pierpont
- πενθεράν — SBLGNT
- πενθεράν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + αὐτῆς — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Luke 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.
- Matt 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.
- Matt 24:10 — And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
- Mic 7:6 — For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
- Mic 7:6 — For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
- Zech 13:2 — And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and