““Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Matthew 10 contains 42 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.