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Luke 12:52 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

β€œFor from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.”

Luke 12:52

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50

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! {straitened: or, pained}

51

Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

52

For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

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.

54

And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

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