Matthew 10:34

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

Jeremiah 15:10

Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me to be a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither loaned, nor have men loaned to me, yet everyone curses me. [Jer. 1:18, 19.]

Acts 14:2

But the unbelieving Jews [who rejected their message] aroused the Gentiles and embittered their minds against the brethren.

Acts 14:4

But the residents of the town were divided, some siding with the Jews and some with the apostles.

Acts 28:29

And when he had said these things, the Jews went away, arguing and disputing among themselves.

Revelation 6:4

And another horse came out, flaming red. And its rider was empowered to take the peace from the earth, so that men slaughtered one another; and he was given a huge sword.

Judges 3:2

It was only that the generations of the Israelites might know and be taught war, at least those who previously knew nothing of it.