Matthew 10:34
Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
Majority Standard Bible
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 whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.
Cross References
Judges 3:2if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
Luke 12:49I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously opposed and contradicted what Paul was saying.
Acts 14:4The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others 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 →