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- (Jesus continues to teach his disciples.)
- Do you think that I came to bring peace on the earth? - This is a rhetorical question. People expected the Messiah to bring them peace from their enemies. This can be translated as "You should not think that I have come to bring peace on earth." (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_rquestion)
- but rather division - "but I came to bring division"
- division - "hostility" or "discord"
- there will be five in one house divided - This is an example of the kind of division there will be even within families.