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Matthew 10:34

Jesus ChristConflict and reconciliation

32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

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

35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

36 And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

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BSB
Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
KJV
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
WEB
“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come 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.
DARBY
Do not think that I have come to send peace upon the earth: I have not come to send peace, but a sword.
BLB
Do not think that I came to cast peace upon the earth; I did not come to cast peace, but a sword.
ÅB
Dere må ikke tro at jeg har kommet for å sende fred på jorden; jeg har ikke kommet for å sende fred, men sverd.
OTB
“Tro ikke at jeg er kommet for å bringe fred til jorden; jeg er ikke kommet for å bringe fred, men et sverd.
B1930
I må ikke tro at jeg er kommet for å sende fred på jorden; jeg er ikke kommet for å sende fred, men sverd.

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Cross references

  • Luke 12:49–53

    I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?

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  • Acts 14:4

    But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.

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  • Acts 13:45–50

    But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

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  • Acts 14:2

    But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.

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  • John 7:40–52

    Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

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  • Jeremiah 15:10

    Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

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