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make a sharp knife-cut between son and father, daughter and mother, bride and mother-in-law - cut through these cozy domestic arrangements and free you for God.
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Well-meaning family members can be your worst enemies.
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If you prefer father or mother over me, you don't deserve me. If you prefer son or daughter over me, you don't deserve me.
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"If you don't go all the way with me, through thick and thin, you don't deserve me.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.