52For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
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If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. …
And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. …
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. …
There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. …
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 41-53)Here is, I. Peter’s question, which he put to Christ upon occasion of the foregoing parable (Luke 12:41): “ Lord, speakest thou this parable to us that are thy constant followers, to us that are ministers, or also to all that come to be taught by thee, to all the hearers, and in them to all Christians?” Peter was now, as often, spokesman for the disciples. We have reason to bless God that there ar…
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