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“Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
“And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
“And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours.
“And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.
“As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
