For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. The citation of Micah 7:6 applies a prophecy about the general breakdown of social trust to the specific divisions that loyalty to Jesus produces. The three household pairs — father/son, mother/daughter, mother-in-law/daughter-in-law — are the three fundamental generational relationships of the ancient household. Jesus' claim on the disciples creates a loyalty that reorganizes even these primary bonds.

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