Family Divided

`Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division; — read the full passage →

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, — read the full passage →

for we were once--also we--thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious--hating one another; — read the full passage →

For a son is dishonouring a father, A daughter hath stood against her mother, A daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, The enemies of each <FI>are<Fi> the men of his house.

`Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled? — read the full passage →

`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, — read the full passage →

for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

`Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled? — read the full passage →

and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy; — read the full passage →

`Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled?

`Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,

`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

and Isaac loveth Esau, for <FI>his<Fi> hunting <FI>is<Fi> in his mouth; and Rebekah is loving Jacob.

`Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division;

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, come hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and layeth siege against it; — read the full passage →

A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye;

Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the fool to the wise of heart.

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

Then come do his brethren and mother, and standing without, they sent unto him, calling him,

At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh.

a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'

A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth.

And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, `Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.' — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> sons, A reward <FI>is<Fi> the fruit of the womb. — read the full passage →

I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together!

for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother--let him die the death;

But those expecting Jehovah pass <FI>to<Fi> power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,

My woe <FI>is<Fi> to me, for I have been As gatherings of summer-fruit, As gleanings of harvest, There is no cluster to eat, The first-ripe fruit desired hath my soul. — read the full passage →

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach, — read the full passage →

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

`Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning, — read the full passage →

the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

Be not afraid, for with thee I <FI>am<Fi> , Look not around, for I <FI>am<Fi> thy God, I have strengthened thee, Yea, I have helped thee, yea, I upheld thee, With the right hand of My righteousness.

Thy wife <FI>is<Fi> as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy table.

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy; thou--who art thou that dost judge the other?

but ye also, every one in particular--let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife--that she may reverence the husband.

A virtuous woman <FI>is<Fi> a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones <FI>is<Fi> one causing shame.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;

And he said also to the multitudes, `When ye may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately ye say, A shower doth come, and it is so;

and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,

Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish;

Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother,

And the kindness of Jehovah <FI>Is<Fi> from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,

And the kindness of Jehovah <FI>Is<Fi> from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons, — read the full passage →

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

And finally, being all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brethren, compassionate, courteous,

his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother, — read the full passage →

in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;

so <FI>is<Fi> he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

The Song of Songs, that <FI>is<Fi> Solomon's. — read the full passage →

Strength and honour <FI>are<Fi> her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day.

This <FI>is<Fi> the day Jehovah hath made, We rejoice and are glad in it.

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; -- — read the full passage →

forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you--so also ye; — read the full passage →

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment, — read the full passage →

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba--Father.'

and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved--thou and thy house;'

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

`Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide <FI>is<Fi> the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it; — read the full passage →

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

Perished hath the kind out of the land, And upright among men--there are none, All of them for blood lie in wait, Each his brother they hunt <FI>with<Fi> a net.

A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous <FI>is<Fi> the sinner's wealth.

Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;