Then Jesus said to him, &#8220;Put your sword back in its place!<n id="1" /> For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Do not think that I have come to bring<n id="1" /> peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.

And take <i>the helmet of salvationi><n id="1" /> and the sword<n id="2" /> of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

One of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the high priest&#8217;s slave,<n id="1" /> cutting off his ear.

But<n id="1" /> one of those with Jesus grabbed<n id="2" /> his sword, drew it out, and struck the high priest&#8217;s slave,<n id="3" /> cutting off his ear.

He said to them, &#8220;But now, the one who<n id="1" /> has a money bag must take it, and likewise a traveler&#8217;s bag<n id="2" /> too. And the one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy one.

<p class="bodytext">Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, pulled it out and struck the high priest&#8217;s slave,<n id="1" /> cutting off his right ear.<n id="2" /> (Now the slave&#8217;s name was Malchus.)<n id="3" />

But Jesus said to Peter, &#8220;Put your sword back into its sheath! Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

When the jailer woke up<n id="1" /> and saw the doors of the prison standing open,<n id="2" /> he drew his sword and was about to kill himself,<n id="3" /> because he assumed<n id="4" /> the prisoners had escaped.

for it is God&#8217;s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be in fear, for it does not bear the sword in vain. It is God&#8217;s servant to administer retribution on the wrongdoer.

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.