Luke 12:51-53
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51 (A)Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? (B)No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, (C)father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
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Psalm 69:8
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8 I have become (A)a stranger to my brothers,
an alien to my mother's sons.
Job 30:30
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Galatians 4:29
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29 But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh (A)persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, (B)so also it is now.
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Acts 14:22
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22 (A)strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them (B)to continue in (C)the faith, and saying that (D)through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
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Mark 4:6
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6 And (A)when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root, (B)it withered away.
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Matthew 10:35-36
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35 (A)For I have come (B)to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 (C)And a person's enemies will be those of his own household.
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Matthew 10:25
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25 It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. (A)If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign[a] those of his household.
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- Matthew 10:25 Greek lacks will they malign
Matthew 10:22
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22 (A)and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. (B)But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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Micah 7:6
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6 for (A)the son treats the father with contempt,
the daughter rises up against her mother,
the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
(B)a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
Lamentations 4:8
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8 (A)Now their face is blacker than soot;
they are not recognized in the streets;
their skin has shriveled on their bones;
it has become as dry as wood.
Jeremiah 12:6
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6 For (A)even your brothers and the house of your father,
(B)even they have dealt treacherously with you;
they are in full cry after you;
(C)do not believe them,
though they speak friendly words to you.”
Ruth 1:19-21
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19 So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they came to Bethlehem, (A)the whole town was stirred because of them. And the women said, “Is this Naomi?” 20 She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi;[a] call me (B)Mara,[b] for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. 21 (C)I went away full, and the Lord has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when the Lord has testified against me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?”
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Jeremiah 8:21
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21 For the wound of (A)the daughter of my people is my heart wounded;
(B)I mourn, and dismay has taken hold on me.
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