Matthew 10:34

Do not ye deem (or guess) that I came to send peace into [the] earth; I came not to send peace, but (the) sword.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 shall deny him before my Father that is in heavens.

35For I came to part a man against his father (or For I came to set a man against his father), and the daughter against her mother, and the son’s wife against the husband’s mother;

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Cross References

Judges 3:2and that afterward the sons of them should learn to fight with enemies, and to have custom of battle. (and so that through them their sons would learn to fight with their enemies, and know the ways of battle.)

Luke 12:49I came to send fire into the earth, and what will I, but that it be kindled? (I came to send fire onto the earth, and how I wish, that it were already kindled!)

Acts 13:45And (the) Jews saw the people, and (they) were filled with envy, and gainsaid these things that were said of Paul (or and spoke against those things that were said by Paul), and blasphemed.

Acts 14:4But the multitude of the city was parted (or But the multitude in that city was divided), and some were with the Jews, and 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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