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"Do not think that I came to bring peace to the earth. I didn't come to bring peace. I came to bring a sword.
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I have come to turn " 'sons against their fathers. Daughters will refuse to obey their mothers. Daughters-in-law will be against their mothers-in-law.
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A man's enemies will be the members of his own family.' (Micah 7:6)
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"Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. Anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
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And anyone who does not pick up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
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If anyone finds his life, he will lose it. If anyone loses his life because of me, he will find it.
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"Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me. And anyone who welcomes me welcomes the One who sent me.
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Suppose someone welcomes a prophet as a prophet. That one will receive a prophet's reward. And suppose someone welcomes a godly person as a godly person. That one will receive a godly person's reward.
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Suppose someone gives even a cup of cold water to a little one who follows me. What I'm about to tell you is true. That one will certainly be rewarded."