Matthew 10:34

Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

In Context

33But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

35For I came 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.

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Cross References

Judges 3:2That afterwards their children might learn to fight with their enemies, and to be trained up to war:

Luke 12:49I am come to cast fire on the earth; and what will I, but that it be kindled?

Acts 13:45And the Jews seeing the multitudes, were filled with envy, and contradicted those things which were said by Paul, blaspheming.

Acts 14:4And the multitude of the city was divided; and some of them indeed held with the Jews, but some with the apostles.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 10:17-42

Instructions to the Apostles. 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.… Read the whole commentary →

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