Luke 12:51-53
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51 (A)Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, (B)but rather division. 52 (C)For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three. 53 (D)Father will be divided against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
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Psalm 69:8
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8 (A)I have become a stranger to my brothers,
And an alien to my mother’s children;
Job 30:30
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Galatians 4:29
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29 But, as (A)he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, (B)even so it is now.
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Acts 14:22
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22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, (A)exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, (B)“We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”
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Mark 4:6
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6 But when the sun was up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered away.
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Matthew 10:35-36
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35 For I have come to (A)‘set[a] a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; 36 and (B)‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’
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- Matthew 10:35 alienate a man from
Matthew 10:25
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25 It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If (A)they have called the master of the house [a]Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!
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- Matthew 10:25 NU, M Beelzebul; a Philistine deity, 2 Kin. 1:2, 3
Matthew 10:22
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22 And (A)you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. (B)But he who endures to the end will be saved.
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Micah 7:6
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6 For (A)son dishonors father,
Daughter rises against her mother,
Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
Lamentations 4:8
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8 Now their appearance is blacker than soot;
They go unrecognized in the streets;
(A)Their skin clings to their bones,
It has become as dry as wood.
Jeremiah 12:6
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6 For even (A)your brothers, the house of your father,
Even they have dealt treacherously with you;
Yes, they have called [a]a multitude after you.
(B)Do not believe them,
Even though they speak [b]smooth words to you.
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- Jeremiah 12:6 Or abundantly
- Jeremiah 12:6 Lit. good
Ruth 1:19-21
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19 Now the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem. And it happened, when they had come to Bethlehem, that (A)all the city was excited because of them; and the women said, (B)“Is this Naomi?”
20 But she said to them, “Do not call me [a]Naomi; call me [b]Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, (C)and the Lord has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has testified against me, and [c]the Almighty has afflicted me?”
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Jeremiah 8:21
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21 (A)For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt.
I am (B)mourning;
Astonishment has taken hold of me.
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