Matthew 10:34

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Not Peace, but a Sword“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword!

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  • Luke 12:49-53 : 49 Not Peace, but Division“I have come to bring fire on the earth– and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is finished! 51 Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! 52 For from now on there will be five in one household divided, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
  • Acts 14:4 : 4 But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.
  • Acts 13:45-50 : 45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they began to contradict what Paul was saying by reviling him. 46 Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously,“It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles. 47 For this is what the Lord has commanded us:‘I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’” 48 When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice and praise the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life believed. 49 So the word of the Lord was spreading through the entire region. 50 But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.
  • Acts 14:2 : 2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
  • John 7:40-52 : 40 Differing Opinions About Jesus When they heard these words, some of the crowd began to say,“This really is the Prophet!” 41 Others said,“This is the Christ!” But still others said,“No, for the Christ doesn’t come from Galilee, does he? 42 Don’t the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant of David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?” 43 So there was a division in the crowd because of Jesus. 44 Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him. 45 Lack of Belief Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them,“Why didn’t you bring him back with you?” 46 The officers replied,“No one ever spoke like this man!” 47 Then the Pharisees answered,“You haven’t been deceived too, have you? 48 None of the members of the ruling council or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they? 49 But this rabble who do not know the law are accursed!” 50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before and who was one of the rulers, said, 51 “Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?” 52 They replied,“You aren’t from Galilee too, are you? Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet comes from Galilee!”

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    52For from now on there will be five in one household divided, three against two and two against three.

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