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Jean 9:16
Some of the Pharisees said,“ This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others asked,“ How can a sinner perform such signs?” So they were divided. (niv)
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Actes 14:4
The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles. (niv)
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Jean 7:40-43
On hearing his words, some of the people said,“ Surely this man is the Prophet.”Others said,“ He is the Messiah.” Still others asked,“ How can the Messiah come from Galilee?Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?”Thus the people were divided because of Jesus. (niv)
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1 Corinthiens 11 18
In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. (niv)
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Matthieu 10:34-35
“ Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.For I have come to turn“‘ a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— (niv)
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Luc 12:51-53
Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three.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.” (niv)
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1 Corinthiens 3 3
You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? (niv)
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Actes 23:7-10
When he said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.( The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, and that there are neither angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees believe all these things.)There was a great uproar, and some of the teachers of the law who were Pharisees stood up and argued vigorously.“ We find nothing wrong with this man,” they said.“ What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”The dispute became so violent that the commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them. He ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force and bring him into the barracks. (niv)