Luke 12:49–56 · BSB
12:49
I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
12:50
But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
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12:51
Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
12:52
From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
12:53
They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
12:54
Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.
12:55
And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.
12:56
You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?
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