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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, King James Version

In context

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

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

35 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.

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Cross-references

  • Luke 12:49 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 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 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.