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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.
36     Even members of your own family will be your enemies.’ (B)

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

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