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Matthew 10:34 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword. "

Matthew 10:34

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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.

34 “Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.

35 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.

36 A man’s foes will be those of his own household.

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Luke 12:51

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"Do you think that I have come to give peace on the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division."

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Matthew 5:17

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"“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill."

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Leviticus 26:6

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"“‘I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid. I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land."

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1 Maccabees 7:28

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"“Let there be no battle between me and you; I will come with a few men, that I may see your faces in peace.”"

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Revelation 2:16

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"Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth."

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Luke 12:49-53

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"“I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled."

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From This Chapter

Matthew 10:1

"He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness."

Matthew 10:2

"Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;"

Matthew 10:3

"Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus;"

Matthew 10:4

"Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him."

Matthew 10:5

"Jesus sent these twelve out and commanded them, saying, “Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans."

Matthew 10:6

"Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

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