“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Matthew 10:34 in context
Matthew 10:31–37
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Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
32
Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
33
But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
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“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.
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For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
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A man’s foes will be those of his own household.
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He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.
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