Luke 12:53
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
πατήρ
When Jesus teaches His disciples to pray, He begins with the most radical word imaginable — Father. In the ancient world, approaching God as Father was almost unthinkable. Jesus opens the door and says: this is how you come. Not as a subject before a king. As a child before a Father who already knows what you need.
ἐπί
against
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ἐπί
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.
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υἱός
son
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υἱός
Son, descendant, one sharing the nature of. Huios. You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Sonship through faith is the highest status available to a human being.
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νύμφη
daughter-in-law
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νύμφη
compare Latin "nupto," to marry); a young married woman (as veiled), including a betrothed girl; by implication, a son's wife
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διαμερίζω
They will be divided
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διαμερίζω
to partition thoroughly (literally in distribution, figuratively in dissension)
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μήτηρ
mother
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μήτηρ
a "mother" (literally or figuratively, immediate or remote)
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θυγάτηρ
daughter
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θυγάτηρ
a female child, or (by Hebraism) descendant (or inhabitant)
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πενθερά
mother-in-law
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πενθερά
a wife's mother
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