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34 I will tell you why I have come into the world. I did not come so that everyone would agree with each other. No, I came to put people against one another, to fight against each other.[a]

35 A man will fight against his father.
    A daughter will fight against her mother.
    A woman will fight against her husband's mother.
36 A man's own family will fight against him.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 10:34 Jesus came to the world to bring men and God near together. He wanted people to believe in God and to obey him. But to do this he had to fight against bad things and against Satan. People who obey Satan will fight people who obey God.
  2. 10:36 Verses 35 and 36. See Micah 7:6