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What does Matthew 10:35 mean?
"For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
— Matthew 10:35 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.
But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.
For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
A man’s foes will be those of his own household.
He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.
He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me.
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