Matthew 10:21 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

[At that time] a person will turn his brother over to be killed, and the father [will do the same to] his child. And children will rebel against their parents and turn them over to be killed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will take a stand against their parents and will have them put to death.

American Standard Version (1901)

And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

Common English Bible

Brothers and sisters will hand each other over to be executed. A father will turn his child in. Children will defy their parents and have them executed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And brother will hand over brother to death, and father will hand over son. And children will rise up against parents and bring about their deaths.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The brother also shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the son: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and shall put them to death.

Matthew 10:21 Cross References

Matthew 24:10

And then many people will fall away [from God] and they will turn one another over [i.e., to the authorities for punishment], and they will hate one another.