For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
Parallel translations
- WEB For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
- BSB From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
- NKJV For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three.
- NASB for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
- NLT From now on families will be split apart, three in favor of me, and two against—or two in favor and three against.
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Quick answer
From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three. Devotion to Christ can split even close family ties.
Overview
Jesus describes how response to Him fractures even the closest human bonds. The division is not arbitrary but flows from the radical claim He makes on every life. This honest warning prepares disciples for the painful reality that following Christ may cost them the unity of their own homes.
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- Acts 14:1–4And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.
- John 15:18–21If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
- Mic 7:5–6Trust 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.
- John 16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
- John 10:19–21There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
- Acts 28:24And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
- John 9:16Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
- Acts 13:43–46Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
- Ps 41:9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
- John 7:41–43Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
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