And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against,

When a strong man armed keeps his court, his goods are in peace;

Do you think that I have come to give peace on the earth? I tell you, no; but rather division.

Then there was a division among the multitude on his account;

Part

And some believed the things which were spoken, and others believed not;

Apostles

But the apostles Barnabas and Paul hearing of it, rending their clothes ran among the multitude, crying

And while they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

Have we not a right to lead about a sister, a wife, as also the other apostles; and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

General references

For from this time there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two shall be divided against three;

Then there was a division among the multitude on his account;

There was a division again among the Jews on account of these words;

Being scattered abroad, therefore, they went everywhere preaching the good news of the word;

And some believed the things which were spoken, and others believed not;