Luke 12:51
Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
In Context
Cross References
Zechariah 11:10And I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.
Matthew 10:34Do not think that I have come to send peace upon the earth: I have not come to send peace, but a sword.
Luke 12:49I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I if already it has been kindled?
Matthew Henry on Luke 12:42-54
Vigilance and Exertion Inculcated. 41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? 42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. 45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his… Read the whole commentary →