Luke 12:51
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51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!(A)
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Matthew 10:34-36
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Not Peace, but a Sword
34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace but a sword.(A)
35 For I have come to set a man against his father,
and a daughter against her mother,
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,(B)
36 and one’s foes will be members of one’s own household.(C)
Luke 12:49
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Jesus the Cause of Division
49 “I have come to cast fire upon the earth, and how I wish it were already ablaze!
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Zechariah 11:14
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14 Then I broke my second staff Unity, annulling the family ties between Judah and Israel.
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Zechariah 11:10-11
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10 I took my staff Favor and broke it, annulling the covenant that I had made with all the peoples.(A) 11 So it was annulled on that day, and the sheep merchants[a] who were watching me knew that it was the word of the Lord.(B)
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- 11.11 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Matthew 24:7-10
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7 For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines[a] and earthquakes in various places:(A) 8 all this is but the beginning of the birth pangs.
Persecutions Foretold
9 “Then they will hand you over to be tortured and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.(B) 10 Then many will fall away,[b] and they will betray one another and hate one another.(C)
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Zechariah 11:7-8
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7 So on behalf of the sheep merchants,[a] I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter. I took two staffs; one I named Favor, the other I named Unity, and I tended the sheep.(A) 8 In one month I disposed of the three shepherds, for I had become impatient with them, and they also detested me.(B)
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- 11.7 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
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