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

At 1 minute 51 seconds Dr Jennings says "Matthew twenty," but he of course meant Matthew chapter 10.

Matthew 10:32-36 the REMEDY
"32 "Those who unite themselves with me before humanity on earth will be united with me before my Father in heaven.

33 But those who sever themselves from me before humanity on earth will be severed from me before my Father in heaven.

34 "Don't think that I have come to make peace with a selfish world. I have not come to bring peace with selfishness, but a sword to cut selfishness out of the hearts of people.

35 I have come to cut dysfunctional family ties: to free a son from selfish loyalty to his father's ambitions and feuds, to sever a daughter from the control of an oppressive and manipulative mother, to cut through the fear and hostility a daughter-in-law has toward her mother-in-law.

36 A person's worst enemies are often members of their own family."

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""I came not to bring peace, but to bring a sword" is one of Jesus' most controversial statements because its meaning has many interpretations."

At the time of the Bible the sword was a primary tool of war, as opposed to the modern day when swords are rare. A major question is the nature of the sword — whether it is a literal sword or a figurative one (a metaphor). Jesus's phrase "live by the sword, die by the sword" criticizes the use of violence and suggests that it will result in oneself facing violence. It is possible that the swords in these two passages refer to different things — in "live by the sword" to violence and in "but to bring a sword" to some other usage of the sword.

One main interpretation of this statement is that "sword" means "division". It indicates that following Jesus may not bring peace to a family, but may "split" - the sword plays as a metaphor in this regard. In other words, those who believe in Jesus will be divided or separated from those who don't. Children, or the new generation who believe in Christ, would be set against parents and they would be enemies within their own household. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/But_to_bring_a_sword