Matthew 10:34
Don't think I've come to bring peace on earth. I haven't come to bring peace, but a sword.
Free Bible Version
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 anyone who publicly denies me, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.
Cross References
Judges 3:2(He did so to teach warfare to the later generations of Israel, particularly to those who had not previously experienced it.)
Luke 12:49I have come to set the earth on fire, and I really wish it was already burning!
Acts 13:45However, when the Jews saw the crowds, they became extremely jealous, contradicting what Paul was saying and cursing him.
Acts 14:4The inhabitants of the town were divided, with some supporting the Jews and some 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 →