Luke 2:35

Simeon warns Mary that a sword will pierce her soul, exposing the thoughts of many hearts. It matters because Christ's mission would bring deep sorrow and reveal true allegiances.

Cross-references · 11

• 1 Cor 11:19And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.
• Deut 8:2Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
• Matt 12:24–35But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
• Ps 42:10Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
• Luke 16:14–15The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
• John 15:22–24If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
• Judg 5:15–16The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
• John 19:25Near the cross of Jesus stood His mother and her sister, as well as Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary Magdalene.
• Acts 8:21–23You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
• 1 Jn 2:19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
• John 8:42–47Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

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