Matthew 10:34 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.”

Matthew 10:34 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Matthew 10:34 in 6 Bible Translations

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Matthew 10:34 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.”

Matthew 10:34 — World English Bible

Matthew 10:34 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. ”

Matthew 10:34 — American Standard Version

Matthew 10:34 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;”

Matthew 10:34 — Young's Literal Translation

Matthew 10:34 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Do not think that I have come to send peace upon the earth: I have not come to send peace, but a sword. ”

Matthew 10:34 — Darby Translation

Matthew 10:34 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Thinke not that I am come to sende peace into the earth: I came not to send peace, but the sworde.”

Matthew 10:34 — Geneva Bible

Matthew 10:34 in Context — Matthew 10

32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

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

35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

36 And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

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What Does Matthew 10:34 Mean?

Matthew 10:34 is a verse from the Book of Matthew, part of the New Testament. It appears in Matthew chapter 10. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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