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 gave birth to me, a man of contention and quarreling {to the whole land}. I have not lent out and {I have not borrowed}. All of them [are] cursing me.
Luke 12:49
"I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish that it had been kindled already!
John 7:40
Then, [when they] heard these words, [some] from the crowd began to say, "This man is truly the Prophet!"
Acts 13:45
But [when] the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and began contradicting what was being said by Paul [by] reviling [him].
Acts 14:2
But the Jews who were disobedient stirred up and {poisoned the minds} of the Gentiles against the brothers.
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Luke 12:51
Do you think that I have come to grant peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!
John 10:19
Again there was a division among the Jews because of these words.