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

³⁴ Do not imagine that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring, not peace, but the sword. ³⁵ For I have come to set--'a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. ³⁶ A man's enemies will be the members of his own household.'

³⁷ He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. ³⁸ And the man who does not take his cross and follow in my steps is not worthy of me. ³⁹ He who has found his life will lose it, while he who, for my sake, has lost his life shall find it.

⁴⁹ I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what more can I wish, if it is already kindled? ⁵⁰ There is a baptism that I must undergo, and how great is my distress until it is over! ⁵¹ Do you think that I am here to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but to cause division. ⁵² For from this time, if there are five people in a house, they will be divided, three against two, and two against three.

⁵³ 'Father will be opposed to son and son to father, mother to daughter and daughter to mother, mother-in-law to her daughter-in- law and daughter-in-law to her mother-in-law.'"