^21 (A)Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,

¹⁶ You will be delivered up ^(A)even by parents and brothers^[a] and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death. ^17 (B)You will be hated by all for my name's sake.

^51 (A)Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? ^(B)No, I tell you, but rather 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, ^(C)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.”

^12 (A)And brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death. ^13 (B)And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. ^(C)But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Not Peace, but a Sword

^34 (A)“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. ^(B)I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. ^35 (C)For I have come ^(D)to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. ^36 (E)And a person's enemies will be those of his own household.

³ And if anyone again prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ^(A)‘You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.

Hushai Saves David

17 Moreover, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight. ² I will come upon him while he is ^(A)weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. ^(B)I will strike down only the king, ³ and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride comes home to her husband. You seek the life of only one man,^[a] and all the people will be at peace.” ⁴ And the advice seemed right in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

¹⁰ And then many will fall away^[a] and ^(A)betray one another and hate one another.