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"Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

"For I came to TURN A MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND A DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW;

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

and A PERSON'S ENEMIES WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD.

And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

"The one who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

"And the one who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

"The one who has found his life will lose it, and the one who has lost his life on My account will find it.

He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.