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33 But if you stand before others and say you do not believe in me, then I will tell my Father in heaven that you do not belong to me.

Following Jesus May Bring You Trouble(A)

34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace. I came to bring trouble.[a] 35 I have come to make this happen:

‘A son will turn against his father.
    A daughter will turn against her mother.
A daughter-in-law will turn against her mother-in-law.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 10:34 trouble Literally, “a sword.”

33 But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.(A)

34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn

“‘a man against his father,
    a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law(B)

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