Luke 12:52-54

Not Peace, but Division

52 For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, f father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

Interpreting the Time

54 He also said to the crowds, g "When you see h a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, 'A shower is coming.' And so it happens.

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 10:21
    Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
    Micah 7:6
    For the son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 16:2 - 3
    He answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.
  3. Cross References
    1 Kings 18:43 - 44
    And he said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." And he went up and looked and said, "There is nothing." And he said, "Go again," seven times.
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