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

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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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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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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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(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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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

“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

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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