Matthew 10:34

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

Darby Translation

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 whosoever shall deny me before men, him will *I* also deny before my Father who is in [the] heavens.

35For I have come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law;

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Cross References

Judges 3:2only that the generations of the children of Israel might know war by learning it, at the least those who before had known nothing thereof:

Luke 12:49I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I if already it has been kindled?

Acts 13:45But the Jews, seeing the crowds, were filled with envy, and contradicted the things said by Paul, [contradicting and] speaking injuriously.

Acts 14:4And the multitude of the 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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