第十章第34—36節進一步告訴我們新約裏的門徒們和依然奉行舊約的舊勢力之間的衝突,耶穌說“人的仇敵就是自己家裏的人”。兒子,女兒,媳婦這些年輕一代象征新約裏的人們;父親,母親和婆婆這些老一代象征仍然奉行舊約裏的字句的人們。神的家裏總有這兩股力量存在,在新約裏我們看到那些第一代的門使徒們如保羅和司提反等是如何被迫害的,但耶穌所賜的平安會讓門使徒們在被舊力量迫害的苦難中有平安,因為耶穌在約翰福音裏說他已經將門徒們從世界裏揀選出來,門徒們雖在世界但並不屬於這世界,雖在世上有苦難但在耶穌裏有平安。
太10:34 你們不要想我來、是叫地上太平.我來、並不是叫地上太平、乃是叫地上動刀兵。
"Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't come to send peace, but a sword.
太10:35 因為我來、是叫人與父親生疏、女兒與母親生疏、媳婦與婆婆生疏.
For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
太10:36 人的仇敵、就是自己家裏的人。
A man's foes will be those of his own household.