John 10:19

Jesus As The Good Shepherd

¹⁸ No one takes it away from Me, but I lay it down voluntarily. I am authorized and have power to lay it down and to give it up, and I am authorized and have power to take it back. This command I have received from My Father.” ¹⁹ A division [of opinion] occurred again among the Jews because of these words [of His]. ²⁰ Many of them said, “He has a demon and He is mad [insane—He raves and rambles]. Why listen to Him?”

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John 9:16

Then some of the Pharisees said, “This Man [Jesus] is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner (a non-observant Jew) do such signs and miracles?” So there was a difference of opinion among them.

Matthew 10:34-35

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace on the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword [of division between belief and unbelief].

Luke 12:51-53

Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division [between believers and unbelievers];

John 7:40-43

Listening to these words, some of the people said, “This is certainly the Prophet!”

Acts 14:4

But the people of the city were divided; some were siding with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

Acts 23:7-10

When he said this, an angry dispute erupted between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the [whole crowded] assembly was divided [into two factions].

1 Corinthians 3:3

You are still worldly [controlled by ordinary impulses, the sinful capacity]. For as long as there is jealousy and strife and discord among you, are you not unspiritual, and are you not walking like ordinary men [unchanged by faith]?

1 Corinthians 11:18

For, in the first place, when you meet together in church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and in part I believe it,