Devine Scripture

Matthew 10:34

Matthew chapter 10 · verse 34 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

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

v.34This passage

v.35For I came 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:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Acts 14:4

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

  • Acts 13:45

    But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.

  • Acts 14:2

    But the Jews that were disobedient stirred up the souls of the Gentiles, and made them evil affected against the brethren.

  • 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 not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me.

  • John 7:40

    Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is of a truth the prophet.

  • Luke 12:49

    I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?