Matthew 10:34-42

Not Peace, but a Sword

34 ¹“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. ²I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

35 ³For I have come ⁴to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

36 ⁵And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household.

37 ⁶Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

38 And ⁷whoever does not take his cross and ⁸follow me is not worthy of me.

39 ⁹Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Rewards

40 ¹⁰“Whoever receives you receives me, and ¹¹whoever receives me receives him who sent me.

41 ¹²The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.

42 And ¹³whoever gives one of ¹⁴these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward. ”

Cross References

• 1. 10:34 See Luke 12:51-53
• 2. 10:34 [Rev. 6:4]
• 3. 10:35 [See ver. 34 above]
• 4. 10:35 ver. 21; [Mic. 7:6]
• 5. 10:36 Cited from Mic. 7:6; [Ps. 41:9; 55:12, 13; John 13:18]
• 6. 10:37 Luke 14:26
• 7. 10:38 ch. 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23; 14:27
• 8. 10:38 ch. 9:9; John 8:12; 12:26; 21:19
• 9. 10:39 ch. 16:25; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; 17:33; John 12:25
• 10. 10:40 Luke 10:16; John 13:20; Gal. 4:14; [ver. 20; ch. 18:5; 25:40]
• 11. 10:40 Mark 9:37; Luke 9:48; [John 12:44, 45]
• 12. 10:41 1 Kgs. 17:10-15; 18:4; 2 Kgs. 4:8; [3 John 5-8]
• 13. 10:42 ch. 25:35, 40; Mark 9:41; Heb. 6:10
• 14. 10:42 ch. 18:10