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 borne me
As a man of strife and a man of contention to all the land!
I have not lent, nor have men lent money to me,
Yet everyone curses me.
Luke 12:49
“I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled!
John 7:40
Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is the Prophet.”
Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were blaspheming.
Acts 14:2
But the Jews who disbelieved stirred up the minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against the brethren.

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Luke 12:51
Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division;
John 10:19
A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words.

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