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in law against her mother in law.” Now, again,

remember the quote from Barnes and the

other Scripture we have read and the quote

from William MacDonald. What we find here is

that Christ is not really doing the dividing in the

sense of causing contention. The Gospel does

separate the sheep and the goats, the wheat

and the tares, but the hostility comes from

those who hate Jesus Christ. And that's what

happened with the disciples. When they

accepted Christ, became followers of Christ —

listen — relatives and friends and the nation of

Israel as a whole turned against those followers

of Jesus Christ. We see that all through the

book of Acts.

Again, verse 36 says,“And a man's foes shall

be they of his own household.” That's a

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