“Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Matthew 26 contains 75 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.