Matthew 10:34
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Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
In other translations
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
Greek words
ΜὴMēNotG3361νομίσητεnomisētemay you thinkG3543ὅτιhotithatG3754ἦλθονēlthonI cameG2064βαλεῖνbaleinto bringG906εἰρήνηνeirēnēnpeaceG1515ἐπὶepitoG1909τὴνtēntheG3588γῆν·gēnearth;G1093οὐκouknotG3756ἦλθονēlthonI cameG2064βαλεῖνbaleinto bringG906εἰρήνηνeirēnēnpeaceG1515ἀλλὰallabutG235μάχαιραν.machairana sword.G3162
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