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Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? No, I tell you that I came to bring dissension.
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For from this time there will be in one house five persons split into parties. Three will form a party against two and two will form a party against three;
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father against son and son against father; mother attacking daughter and daughter her mother, mother-in-law her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law her mother-in-law."
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Then He said to the people also, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, `There is to be a shower;' and it comes to pass.
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And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, `It will be burning hot;' and it comes to pass.
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Vain pretenders! You know how to read the aspect of earth and sky. How is it you cannot read this present time?
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"Why, too, do you not of yourselves arrive at just conclusions?
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For when, with your opponent, you are going before the magistrate, on the way take pains to get out of his power; for fear that, if he should drag you before the judge, the judge may hand you over to the officer of the court, and the officer lodge you in prison.
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Never, I tell you, will you get free till you have paid the last farthing."