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“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
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Matthew 10:34 in Other Translations
KJV
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Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
ESV
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"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
NLT
34
“Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.
MSG
34
"Don't think I've come to make life cozy. I've come to cut -
CSB
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Don't assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
Matthew 10:34 In-Context
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“Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.
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But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.
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“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
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For I have come to turn “ ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
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a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
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