16 (A)You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put (B)some of you to death.

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16 You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends,(A) and they will put some of you to death.

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53 (A)Father will be divided 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 her mother-in-law.”

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53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”(A)

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Fifth Seal: The Cry of the Martyrs

When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under (A)the altar (B)the souls of those who had been slain (C)for the word of God and for (D)the testimony which they held.

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When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under(A) the altar(B) the souls of those who had been slain(C) because of the word of God(D) and the testimony they had maintained.

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(A)Do not trust in a friend;
Do not put your confidence in a companion;
Guard the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your (B)bosom.
For (C)son dishonors father,
Daughter rises against her mother,
Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.

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Do not trust a neighbor;
    put no confidence in a friend.(A)
Even with the woman who lies in your embrace
    guard the words of your lips.
For a son dishonors his father,
    a daughter rises up against her mother,(B)
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
    a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.(C)

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“Everyone(A) take heed to his [a]neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
For every brother will utterly supplant,
And every neighbor will (B)walk with slanderers.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:4 friend

“Beware of your friends;(A)
    do not trust anyone in your clan.(B)
For every one of them is a deceiver,[a](C)
    and every friend a slanderer.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:4 Or a deceiving Jacob

11 And (A)they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, (B)and they did not love their lives to the death.

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11 They triumphed over(A) him
    by the blood of the Lamb(B)
    and by the word of their testimony;(C)
they did not love their lives so much
    as to shrink from death.(D)

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13 “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

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13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me,(A) not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness,(B) who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.(C)

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Then he killed James (A)the brother of John with the sword.

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He had James, the brother of John,(A) put to death with the sword.(B)

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59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, (A)receive my spirit.”

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59 While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”(A)

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12 Now (A)brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.

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12 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.(A)

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21 (A)“Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.

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21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents(A) and have them put to death.(B)

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For even (A)your brothers, the house of your father,
Even they have dealt treacherously with you;
Yes, they have called [a]a multitude after you.
(B)Do not believe them,
Even though they speak [b]smooth words to you.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 12:6 Or abundantly
  2. Jeremiah 12:6 Lit. good

Your relatives, members of your own family—
    even they have betrayed you;
    they have raised a loud cry against you.(A)
Do not trust them,
    though they speak well of you.(B)

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10 (A)This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority (B)from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. 11 (C)And I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

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10 And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people(A) in prison,(B) and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.(C) 11 Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished,(D) and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.

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