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I think the verses surrounding it paint a pretty full picture
>Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
>But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
>Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
>For 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.
>And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
>He 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.
>And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
>He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
It's saying basically "don't hide your faith in Jesus, be open about it. But beware the world which hates Jesus, for even in your own family people will reject Christ and want to kill you. There will be no world peace due to the strife caused by the gospel."
I think of the Jewish character Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof (a show acclaimed and praised by the world), who forgives his first two daughters for disobeying him but disowns his third for marrying a Christian, as it is a line he will not cross. I think of all the times that converted Christians are martyred by their Muslim family. Job's unwavering faith in God causes him to be insulted and mocked by his wife, who birthed his seven children. Jesus was not safe in his own hometown, and no servant is greater than his master, so we should expect familial ties to sever over the gospel.