Matthew 10:34-39

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.

Cross References

• 1. See Luke 12:51-53
• 2. [Revelation 6:4]
• 3. [See ver. 34 above]
• 4. ver. 21; [Micah 7:6]
• 5. Cited from Micah 7:6; [Psalms 41:9; Psalms 55:12, 13; John 13:18]
• 6. Luke 14:26
• 7. Matthew 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23; Luke 14:27
• 8. Matthew 9:9; John 8:12; John 12:26; John 21:19
• 9. Matthew 16:25; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; Luke 17:33; John 12:25