World English Bible
Matthew 10:35
“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.”
Verse in context — Matthew 10
33
But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.
34
Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't come to send peace, but a sword.
35
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.
36
A man's foes will be those of his own household.
37
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.
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