Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Matthew 10:34
King James Version (public domain)
Traditionally attributed to Matthew · 1st century AD · One of the twelve apostles of Jesus; tax collector by trade
Context
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.