Matthew 10:34

Do not imagine that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring, not peace, but the sword.

Twentieth Century New Testament

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, if any one disowns me before his fellow men, I, too, will disown him before my Father who is in Heaven.

35For I have come to set — ‘a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

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Cross References

Luke 12:49I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what more can I wish, if it is already kindled?

Acts 13:45But the sight of the crowds of people filled the minds of the Jews with jealousy, and they kept contradicting Paul’s statements in violent language.

Acts 14:4But the townspeople were divided, some siding with the Jews, 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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