What is the religious defense of this Jesus Christ quote?

[Pat Mustard]

Quoting from the bible, “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person's enemies will be those of his own household." - Jesus Christ, Matthew 10:34-36

How would theists defend Jesus here? It's my favorite biblical quote when I want to point out that Jesus is a dick.

They largely ignore it. Remember most christians only know the bits of the bible their priest/minister/pastor tells them about. And said priest/minister/pastor is taught very strictly to parrot only the bits of the bible which agree with the sect's views on the religion. Hence why at catholic mass, I never heard the bits (mostly from Pauline christianity) about sola fide (or justification by faith alone) and why most protestants (and dissenters) don't hear the bits about needing to do good works too (mostly from gospel christianity).