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53 A father and son will be divided:
    The son will turn against his father.
    The father will turn against his son.
A mother and her daughter will be divided:
    The daughter will turn against her mother.
    The mother will turn against her daughter.
A mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law will be divided:
    The daughter-in-law will turn against her mother-in-law.
    The mother-in-law will turn against her daughter-in-law.”

Understanding the Times(A)

54 Then Jesus said to the people, “When you see clouds growing bigger in the west, you say, ‘A rainstorm is coming.’ And soon it begins to rain. 55 When you feel the wind begin to blow from the south, you say, ‘It will be a hot day.’ And you are right.

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53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”(A)

Interpreting the Times

54 He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does.(B) 55 And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is.

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