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Matthew 10:35

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.

KJV

ἦλθον γὰρ διχάσαι ἄνθρωπον κατὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ θυγατέρα κατὰ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτῆς καὶ νύμφην κατὰ τῆς πενθερᾶς αὐτῆς,

Greek NT

veni enim separare hominem adversus patrem suum, et filiam adversus matrem suam, et nurum adversus socrum suam :

Vulgate

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:

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.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
διχάζω
dichazo
verb · 1×
θυγάτηρ
thugater
noun · 28×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
μήτηρ
meter
noun · 84×
νύμφη
numphe
noun · 8×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
πενθερά
penthera
noun · 6×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
o
article · 19778×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Mic 7:6 · adapted
    "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."
    Micah: daughter against mother — Jesus on family division

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 3:1 — Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
  • 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.
  • Mark 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.
  • 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.
  • Matt 24:10 — And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
  • Mic 7:5 — 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.
  • 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.
  • Ps 69:8 — I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.
  • Song 1:6 — Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.