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10 Even if my father and mother abandon me,
    the Lord will hold me close.

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10 Though my father and mother forsake me,
    the Lord will receive me.

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15 “Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child?
    Can she feel no love for the child she has borne?
But even if that were possible,
    I would not forget you!

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15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
    and have no compassion on the child(A) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
    I will not forget you!(B)

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11 He will feed his flock like a shepherd.
    He will carry the lambs in his arms,
holding them close to his heart.
    He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.

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11 He tends his flock like a shepherd:(A)
    He gathers the lambs in his arms(B)
and carries them close to his heart;(C)
    he gently leads(D) those that have young.(E)

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32 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when you will be scattered, each one going his own way, leaving me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me.

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32 “A time is coming(A) and in fact has come when you will be scattered,(B) each to your own home. You will leave me all alone.(C) Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.(D)

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36     Your enemies will be right in your own household!’[a]

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Footnotes

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 10:36 Micah 7:6

16 The first time I was brought before the judge, no one came with me. Everyone abandoned me. May it not be counted against them.

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16 At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them.(A)

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21 “A brother will betray his brother to death, a father will betray his own child, and children will rebel against their parents and cause them to be killed. 22 And all nations will hate you because you are my followers.[a] But everyone who endures to the end will be saved.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:22 Greek on account of my name.

21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents(A) and have them put to death.(B) 22 You will be hated by everyone because of me,(C) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.(D)

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Spiritual Blindness

35 When Jesus heard what had happened, he found the man and asked, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 9:35 Some manuscripts read the Son of God? “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.

Spiritual Blindness

35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe(A) in the Son of Man?”(B)

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Even my own brothers pretend they don’t know me;
    they treat me like a stranger.

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I am a foreigner to my own family,
    a stranger to my own mother’s children;(A)

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11 Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “My own son is trying to kill me. Doesn’t this relative of Saul[a] have even more reason to do so? Leave him alone and let him curse, for the Lord has told him to do it.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:11 Hebrew this Benjaminite.

11 David then said to Abishai and all his officials, “My son,(A) my own flesh and blood, is trying to kill me. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone; let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.(B)

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