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

³⁴ "Do not suppose that I came to bring peace to the earth: I did not come to bring peace but a sword. ³⁵ For I came to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; ³⁶ and a man's own family will be his foes.

³⁷ Any one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and any one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; ³⁸ and any one who does not take up his cross and follow where I lead is not worthy of me. ³⁹ To save your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my sake is to save it.

⁴⁹ "I came to throw fire upon the earth, and what is my desire? Oh that it were even now kindled! ⁵⁰ But I have a baptism to undergo; and how am I pent up till it is accomplished! ⁵¹ Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? No, I tell you that I came to bring dissension. ⁵² For from this time there will be in one house five persons split into parties. Three will form a party against two and two will form a party against three;

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