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51 Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to divide people against each other!

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51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.

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34 “Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.

35 ‘I have come to set a man against his father,
    a daughter against her mother,
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
36     Your enemies will be right in your own household!’[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 10:35-36 Mic 7:6.

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(A)
36     a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’[a](B)

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  1. Matthew 10:36 Micah 7:6

Jesus Causes Division

49 “I have come to set the world on fire, and I wish it were already burning!

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Not Peace but Division(A)

49 “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

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14 Then I took my other staff, Union, and cut it in two, showing that the bond of unity between Judah and Israel was broken.

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14 Then I broke my second staff called Union, breaking the family bond between Judah and Israel.

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10 Then I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, showing that I had revoked the covenant I had made with all the nations. 11 That was the end of my covenant with them. The suffering flock was watching me, and they knew that the Lord was speaking through my actions.

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10 Then I took my staff called Favor(A) and broke it, revoking(B) the covenant I had made with all the nations. 11 It was revoked on that day, and so the oppressed of the flock who were watching me knew it was the word of the Lord.

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Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world. But all this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come.

“Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers.[a] 10 And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other.

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Footnotes

  1. 24:9 Greek on account of my name.

Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.(A) There will be famines(B) and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.

“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted(C) and put to death,(D) and you will be hated by all nations because of me.(E) 10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other,

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So I cared for the flock intended for slaughter—the flock that was oppressed. Then I took two shepherd’s staffs and named one Favor and the other Union. I got rid of their three evil shepherds in a single month.

But I became impatient with these sheep, and they hated me, too.

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So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter,(A) particularly the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs and called one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock. In one month I got rid of the three shepherds.

The flock detested(B) me, and I grew weary of them

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