Matthew 10:34

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace on the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword [of division between belief and unbelief].

Luke 12:49-53

“I have come to cast fire (judgment) on the earth; and how I wish that it were already kindled!

Acts 13:45-50

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things said by Paul, and were slandering him.

John 7:40-52

Listening to these words, some of the people said, “This is certainly the Prophet!”

Acts 14:2

but the unbelieving Jews [who rejected Jesus as Messiah] stirred up and embittered the minds of the Gentiles against the believers.

Acts 14:4

But the people of the city were divided; some were siding with the Jews, and some with the apostles.

Jeremiah 15:10


Woe to me, my mother, that you have given birth to me
To be a man of strife and a man of contention to all the earth!
I have not loaned, nor have men lent money to me,
Yet everyone curses me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

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Jeremiah 15:10

Woe to me, my mother, that you have given birth to me
To be a man of strife and a man of contention to all the earth!
I have not loaned, nor have men lent money to me,
Yet everyone curses me.
Luke 12:49
“I have come to cast fire (judgment) on the earth; and how I wish that it were already kindled!
John 7:40
Listening to these words, some of the people said, “This is certainly the Prophet!”
Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things said by Paul, and were slandering him.
Acts 14:2
but the unbelieving Jews [who rejected Jesus as Messiah] stirred up and embittered the minds of the Gentiles against the believers.

General references

Luke 12:51
Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division [between believers and unbelievers];
John 10:19
A division [of opinion] occurred again among the Jews because of these words [of His].