Verse 51

Do you suppose that I have come to give peace on earth? I tell you, No; but rather division.

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  • Matt 10:34-36 : 34 Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth: I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 And a man's enemies will be those of his own household.
  • Zech 11:7-8 : 7 So I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. I took to myself two staffs: one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bonds; and I fed the flock. 8 I also cut off three shepherds in one month. My soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
  • Zech 11:10-11 : 10 I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it in two, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. 11 It was broken on that day, and so the poor of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
  • Zech 11:14 : 14 Then I cut in two my other staff, Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
  • Luke 12:49 : 49 I have come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it is already kindled?
  • Matt 24:7-9 : 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then they will deliver you up to be afflicted, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.