Luke 12:51
Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
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- Matthew 10:34–36 Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 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. A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
- Luke 12:49 I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
- Zechariah 11:10–11 Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations. It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.