Mat 10:34-35, Luk 12:49, 51 | ESV | STEP | Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth . I have not come to bring peace , but a sword .

aSee Luke 12:51-53

b[Rev. 6:4]

c[See ver. 34 above]

d ver. 21; [Mic. 7:6]

e[Matt. 3:11]

fFor ver. 51-53, see Matt. 10:34, 35

g[Rev. 6:4]

Matthew 10:34-35

Not Peace, but a Sword

34 ^a“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. ^bI have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 ^cFor I have come ^dto set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

Luke 12:49

Not Peace, but Division

49 ^e“I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled!

Luke 12:51

51 ^fDo you think that I have come to give peace on earth? ^gNo, I tell you, but rather division.