Luke 12:49

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Summary

Luke 12:49

I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?

Come

And

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Luke 12:51

Bible References

Come

Suppose ye, that, peace, I am come to give in the earth? Nay, I tell you, but rather division.

But he will judge with righteousness! them who are poor, And decide with equity! for the oppressed of the land, - And he will smite the land With the sceptre of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips, will he slay the lawless one;

And I will set forth wonders in the heavens, and in the earth, - blood, and fire, and columns of smoke:

But who may endure the day of his coming? And who is he that can stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' alkali;

For lo! the day, cometh, that burneth as a furnace, - and, all the proud and everyone who worketh lawlessness, shall be, stubble, and the day that cometh, shall consume them utterly, saith Yahweh of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

Already also, the axe, unto the root of the trees, is being laid, - every tree, therefore, not bringing forth good fruit, is to be hewn down, and, into fire, to be cast.

And

And, when, from thence, he came out, the Scribes and the Pharisees began, with vehemence, to be hemming him in, and trying to make him speak off-hand concerning many things, -

In that very hour, came near certain Pharisees, saying unto him, Go forth, and be journeying hence, because, Herod, desireth to slay thee.

And, certain of the Pharisees from the multitude, said unto him - Teacher! rebuke thy disciples.

We must needs be working the works of him that sent me, while it is, day: There cometh a night, when, no one, can work.

The disciples say unto him - Rabbi! just now, were the Jews seeking to stone thee - and, again, goest thou thither?

The multitude, therefore, that was with him when he called, Lazarus, out of the tomb, and raised him from among the dead, was bearing witness.

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Suppose ye, that, peace, I am come to give in the earth? Nay, I tell you, but rather division.