Bible verse

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.

Matthew 10:34 · BSB

Matthew 10:34 in context

The verses around it, from Matthew 10.

30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

31 So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

32 Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.

33 But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.

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

35 For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

36 A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’

37 Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;

38 and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.

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Matthew 10:34 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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