Not Peace, but a Sword
Matthew 10:34-39
(Luke 12.51-53; 14.26,27)
34“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the world. No, I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35
Mic 7.6
I came to set sons against their fathers, daughters against their mothers, daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law; 36your worst enemies will be the members of your own family.
37“Those who love their father or mother more than me are not fit to be my disciples; those who love their son or daughter more than me are not fit to be my disciples. 38
Mt 16.24; Mk 8.34; Lk 9.23
Those who do not take up their cross and follow in my steps are not fit to be my disciples. 39
Mt 16.25; Mk 8.35; Lk 9.24; 17.33; Jn 12.25
Those who try to gain their own life will lose it; but those who lose their life for my sake will gain it.