Matthew 10:34-39 - Not Peace, But A Sword Of Divisiveness

³⁴ Do not imagine I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace but a sword. ³⁵ I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; ³⁶ yes, a man's own household will be his enemies.

³⁷ He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me: ³⁸ he who will not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. ³⁹ He who has found his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

⁴⁹ I have come to throw fire on earth. Would it were kindled already! ⁵⁰ I have a baptism to undergo. How I am distressed till it is all over! ⁵¹ You think I am here to make peace on earth? No, I tell you, it is dissension. ⁵² After this there will be five at issue in one house, three divided against two and two against three,

⁵³ father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."