Matthew 10:35

Matthew 10:35

33 ^aBut whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.

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34 ^a“Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.

35 For I have come to ^a‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’;

36 and ^a‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’

37 ^aHe 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 ^aAnd he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Set at variance (dixasai). Literally divide in two, dixa. Jesus uses Micah 7:1-6 to describe the rottenness of the age as Micah had done. Family ties and social ties cannot stand in the way of loyalty to Christ and righteous living.

The daughter-in-law (numfhn). Literally bride, the young wife who is possibly living with the mother-in-law. It is a tragedy to see a father or mother step between the child and Christ.

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