Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. Treasury of Scripture that I. Jeremiah 15:10 Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury... Luke 12:49-53 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled... John 7:40-52 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet... Acts 13:45-50 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spoke against those things which were spoken by Paul... Acts 14:2,4 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brothers...
Context The Sword of the Gospel
34Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35For 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. 36And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. 37He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38And he that takes not his cross, and follows after me, is not worthy of me. 39He that finds his life shall lose it: and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword.
Darby Bible Translation
Do not think that I have come to send peace upon the earth: I have not come to send peace, but a sword.
King James Bible
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Young's Literal Translation
'Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;
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