Luke 12:53 Explained in Context

Selected verse

Verse 53. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

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Quick Meaning

Read It With

Luke 12:49–12:53

Read Luke 12:53 with 12:49–12:53. In isolation, this contribution—marks the selected action or claim in Luke 12:49–12:53 at Luke 12:53: “The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law…”—can be detached from its speaker, audience, scene or teaching sequence, and outcome. The complete unit establishes: Jesus speaks of fire, an approaching baptism of suffering, and household division rather than immediate peace as responses to him split even close relationships.

What Remains True

Luke 12:53 marks the selected action or claim in Luke 12:49–12:53 at Luke 12:53: “The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law…”. Read inside Luke 12:49–12:53, this contribution supports the unit's proportionate truth: Jesus speaks of fire, an approaching baptism of suffering, and household division rather than immediate peace as responses to him split even close relationships. Its use remains accountable to affected people and the unit's explicit boundary.

How It Can Shape Life

Luke 12:53 marks the selected action or claim in Luke 12:49–12:53 at Luke 12:53: “The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law…”. Its faithful response is proportionate to that role: Follow Jesus truthfully when allegiance creates real conflict, but do not manufacture family rupture, threaten dissenters, or call abuse the inevitable price of faithfulness.

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Read Luke 12:49–12:53 — Jesus' Mission Brings Crisis and Division

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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society

USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.

Exact location: Luke 12:49–12:53, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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Greek textual evidence

The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition

Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos

Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010

Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.

Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 12:49–12:53

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open translation and translator notes

NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke

Biblical Studies Press

Biblical Studies Press, 2006

Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.

Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 12:49–12:53

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