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Luke 12:51
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, No; but rather division:
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Luke 12:51 in other translations
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
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In context
48 But he that knew not, and committed things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few [stripes]. For to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom men have committed much, from him they will ask the more.
49 I am come to send fire on the earth, and what will I, if it is already kindled?
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it shall be accomplished!
51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, No; but rather division:
52 For from henceforth there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 The father will be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, immediately ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
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