Matthew 10:34 - Forerunner Commentary

Matthew 10:34

32 ^a“Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, ^bhim I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.

33 ^aBut whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.

34 ^a“Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.

35 For I have come to ^a‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’;

36 and ^a‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’

37 ^aHe 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 ^aAnd he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

39 ^aHe who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

Verse Comparison: Matthew 10:34

American Standard Version
Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

Amplified® Bible
Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Contemporary English Version
Don't think that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came to bring trouble, not peace.

Darby English Version
Do not think that I have come to send peace upon the earth: I have not come to send peace, but a sword.

Good News Bible
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the world. No, I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

International Standard Version
"Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword!

King James Version
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

New American Standard Bible
"Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

New International Version
"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

New King James Version
"Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Revised Standard Version
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Young's Literal Translation
`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

New English Translation
“Do not think that I have come to bring¹ peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.