^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.

^16 (A)You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put ^(B)some of you to death. ¹⁷ And ^(C)you will be hated by all for My name’s sake.

^51 (A)Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, ^(B)but rather division. ^52 (C)For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three. ^53 (D)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.”

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. ^13 (B)And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But ^(C)he who ^[a]endures to the end shall be saved.

¹⁰ And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.

Christ Brings Division^(A)

^34 (B)“Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. ³⁵ For I have come to ^(C)‘set^[a] a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; ³⁶ and ^(D)‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’

³ It shall come to pass that if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who begot him will say to him, ‘You shall ^(A)not live, because you have spoken lies in the name of the Lord.’ And his father and mother who begot him ^(B)shall thrust him through when he prophesies.

The Advice of Ahithophel and Hushai

17 Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Now 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 weak, and make him ^[a]afraid. And all the people who are with him will flee, and I will ^(B)strike only the king. ³ Then I will bring back all the people to you. When all return except the man whom you seek, all the people will be at peace.” ⁴ And the saying pleased Absalom and all the ^(C)elders of Israel.