Matthew 10:34-39

Not Peace but a Sword

34 Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. ¹

35 For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

36 A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ ^[a]

37 Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;

38 and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.

39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

Cross References

• 1. (Micah 7:1–6; Luke 12:49–53)

Footnotes

• [a] Micah 7:6