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Matthew 10:32-37 GNB "Those who declare publicly that they belong to me, I will do the same for them before my Father in heaven. (33) But those who reject me publicly, I will reject before my Father in heaven. (34) "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the world. No, I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. (35) I came to set sons against their fathers, daughters against their mothers, daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law; (36) your worst enemies will be the members of your own family. (37) "Those who love their father or mother more than me are not fit to be my disciples; those who love their son or daughter more than me are not fit to be my disciples.

The words of Christ expose what is in people's hearts, for good or for bad. If bad is revealed, his teachings set the wicked against the righteous. The wicked have always hated the righteous. The damage the wicked inflict on others is why they are being destroyed! [Rev 19:11-21] God will protect all those choosing to be corrected by his Christ, while He destroys all liars and everyone choosing wickedness. [Psa 58]

Matthew 10:32-37 CEV If you tell others that you belong to me, I will tell my Father in heaven that you are my followers. (33) But if you reject me, I will tell my Father in heaven that you don't belong to me. (34) Don't think that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came to bring trouble, not peace. (35) I came to turn sons against their fathers, daughters against their mothers, and daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law. (36) Your worst enemies will be in your own family. (37) If you love your father or mother or even your sons and daughters more than me, you are not fit to be my disciples.

Matthew 10:32-37 ALT (32) "Therefore, every [one] who will confess Me before the people, _I_ also will confess him before My Father, the [One] in [the] heavens. (33) "But whoever denies [or, disowns] Me before the people, _I_ also will deny him before My Father, the [One] in the heavens. (34) "You* should not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, _but_ a sword. (35) "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,' (36) and 'the enemies of a person [are] the members of his household.' [Micah 7:6] (37) "The one affectionately loving father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me, and the one affectionately loving son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me,

Matthew 10:32-37 BBE (32) To everyone, then, who gives witness to me before men, I will give witness before my Father in heaven. (33) But if anyone says before men that he has no knowledge of me, I will say that I have no knowledge of him before my Father in heaven. (34) Do not have the thought that I have come to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword. (35) For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: (36) And a man will be hated by those of his house. (37) He who has more love for his father or mother than for me is not good enough for me; he who has more love for son or daughter than for me is not good enough for me.

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The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version