What does Matthew 10:36 mean?

Matthew 10:36 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Matthew 10:36 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

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.

38And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

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