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Matthew 10:35 KJV
Matthew · chapter 10 · verse 35
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.Matthew 10:35 · King James Version
Matthew 10:35 in context
33But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
34Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35For 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.
36And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
37He 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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- daughterthygatēra daughter, a daughter of God, acceptable to God, rejoicing in God s peculiar care and…G2364 →
- againstkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- mothermētēra mother, metaph. the source of something, the motherlandG3384 →
- comeerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- setdichazōto cut into two parts, cleave asunder, severG1369 →
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All these verses relate to the sufferings of Christ's ministers in their work, which they are here taught to expect, and prepare for; they are directed also how to bear them, and how to go on with their work in the midst of them. This part of the sermon looks further than to their present mission;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-42