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they will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against her mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
The father shall be divided against the &c.] Shall oppose him, differ with him, and be alienated from him, and so the other relations as follow; (See Gill on Matthew 10:35), (See Gill on Matthew 10:36).
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Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division;
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for henceforth in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three;
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they will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against her mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
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He also said to the multitudes, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, 'A shower is coming'; and so it happens.
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And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat'; and it happens.
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