Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
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- KJV Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
- BSB Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
- NKJV Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division.
- NASB Do you think that I came to provide peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division;
- NLT Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to divide people against each other!
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Cross-references · 6
- Matt 10:34–36“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.
- Luke 12:49“I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.
- Zech 11:10–11I took my staff Favor, and cut it apart, that I might break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.
- Matt 24:7–10For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.
- Zech 11:14Then I cut apart my other staff, even Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
- Zech 11:7–8So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called “Favor”, and the other I called “Union”, and I fed the flock.
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