第十章第34—36节进一步告诉我们新约里的门徒们和依然奉行旧约的旧势力之间的冲突,耶稣说“人的仇敌就是自己家里的人”。儿子,女儿,媳妇这些年轻一代象征新约里的人们;父亲,母亲和婆婆这些老一代象征仍然奉行旧约里的字句的人们。神的家里总有这两股力量存在,在新约里我们看到那些第一代的门使徒们如保罗和司提反等是如何被迫害的,但耶稣所赐的平安会让门使徒们在被旧力量迫害的苦难中有平安,因为耶稣在约翰福音里说他已经将门徒们从世界里拣选出来,门徒们虽在世界但并不属于这世界,虽在世上有苦难但在耶稣里有平安。
太10:34 你们不要想我来、是叫地上太平.我来、并不是叫地上太平、乃是叫地上动刀兵。
"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 因为我来、是叫人与父亲生疏、女儿与母亲生疏、媳妇与婆婆生疏.
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 人的仇敌、就是自己家里的人。
A man's foes will be those of his own household.