'Not peace, but a sword

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Mt 10:34: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

Mt 10:35: 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.

Mt 10:36: And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

Mt 10:37: 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.

Mt 10:38: And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

Mt 10:39: He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.