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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 10, Verse 34

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33
‹But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.›
King James Version
‹Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.›
American Standard Version
Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
New English Translation
Not Peace, but a Sword“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword!
World English Bible
"Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't come 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.›
37
‹He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.›
38
‹And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.›
39
‹He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.›
40
‹He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.›
41
‹He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.›
42
‹And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold› [water] ‹only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.›
1
And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
2
Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,