NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 35

Matthew 10:35

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For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

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Matthew 10:32–38

32

Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.

33

But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

34

“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.

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For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

36

A man’s foes will be those of his own household.

37

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.

38

He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me isn’t worthy of me.

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