MARK 13:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.”
Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death — the familial betrayal intensifies the persecution section: the kingdom's division of loyalties (Mark 3:31–35, 10:29–30) will produce literal family betrayals. The intimacy of the betrayal (brother/brother, father/child, children/parents) communicates that the kingdom's claim supersedes every human loyalty — and that those whose loyalties are differently ordered will become persecutors of those who follow Jesus.
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