What does Matthew 10:34 mean?

Matthew 10:34 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Matthew 10:34 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

32Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

33But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

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

35For 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.

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

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