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Luke 12:49
“I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.
Luke 12:49 · World English Bible
Luke 12:49 in other translations
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
"I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.
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In context
46 then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn’t expecting him and in an hour that he doesn’t know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
47 That servant who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
48 but he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
49 “I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
51 Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
52 For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
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