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Matthew 10:34-39
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Not Peace, But a Sword of Divisiveness
34
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace on the earth! I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
35
For I have come to turn a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
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And the enemies of a man [will be] the members of his household.
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The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
38
And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
39
The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it.
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An allusion to Mic 7:6
Scripture quotations marked (LEB) are from the Lexham English Bible. Copyright 2012 Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software.