⁵³ They will be divided, father against son and son against father,

mother against daughter and daughter against mother,

mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”^[a]

Lessons for the Crowds

⁵⁴ Then He also was saying to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, instantly you say, ‘A rainstorm is coming’—and so it is. ⁵⁵ And when a south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It will be a scorcher’—and so it is.