Matthew 10:34

The Passion Translation

“Perhaps you think I’ve come to spread peace and calm over the earth—but my coming will bring conflict and division, not peace.

Cross References

Acts 14:4

The people of the city were split over the issue. Some sided with the apostles, and others with the Jews who refused to believe.

Acts 14:2

Some of the Jews refused to believe, and they began to poison the minds of the non-Jews to discredit the believers.

Jeremiah 15:10

My mother, how terrible that you ever bore me— a man doomed to conflict and strife with everyone against me! I have never cheated anyone, yet everyone curses me.

Revelation 6:4

And there appeared another horse, red like fiery flames, and its rider was given a great sword and the power to take peace from the earth, causing one to put to death another.

Judges 3:2

He wanted the succeeding generations of Israel, who had not known war before, to learn the art of warfare.