"Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword." — Matthew 10:34

Matthew 10:34 · KJV

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

— Matthew 10:34

But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

For I am come 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.

Matthew 10 — Context

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

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

For I am come 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.

And a man's foes {shall be} they of his own household.

Cross References

Luke 12:49-53

I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?

Acts 14:4

But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

Acts 13:45-50

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

Acts 14:2

But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.

John 7:40-52

Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

Jeremiah 15:10

Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; {yet} every one of them doth curse me.