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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]

37 “If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine. 38 If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine. 39 If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.

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

34 (A)Do not think that I came to [a]bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to (B)set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 36 and (C)a mans enemies will be the members of his household.

37 (D)He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And (E)he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 39 (F)He who has found his [b]life will lose it, and he who has lost his [c]life for My sake will find it.

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  1. Matthew 10:34 Lit cast
  2. Matthew 10:39 Or soul
  3. Matthew 10:39 Or soul