Matthew 10:34

Modern English Version

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Cross References

Jeremiah 15:10

Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me as a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent with usury, nor have men lent to me on usury, yet every one of them curses me!

Acts 14:2

But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and embittered their minds against the brothers.

Acts 14:4

But the people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.

Acts 28:29

When he had said these words, the Jews departed and disputed greatly among themselves.

Revelation 6:4

Then another horse that was red went forth. Power was given to him who sat on it to take peace from the earth, causing people to kill one another. Then a great sword was given to him.

Judges 3:2

(so that later generations of the Israelites who did not know war before might know it, to teach them how to fight):