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Luke 12:49–50

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49I am come to send wfire on the earth; xand what will I, if it be already kindled? 50But I have ya baptism to be baptized with; and zhow am I astraitened btill it be accomplished!

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  1. wSee Matt. 3. 11, or as ver. 51?
  2. xComp. 1 Kin. 14. 14.
  3. yMatt. 20. 22. Mark 10. 38.
  4. zComp. Mark 10. 32. ch. 9. 51. See John 12. 27.
  5. aActs 18. 5. Phil. 1. 23 in the Gk.
  6. bComp. ch. 22. 16.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“I came to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already set ablaze! But I have a baptism to undergo, and how it consumes me until it is finished!

NLTNew Living Translation

“I have come to set the world on fire, and I wish it were already burning! I have a terrible baptism of suffering ahead of me, and I am under a heavy burden until it is accomplished.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish that it had been kindled already! But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how I am distressed until it is accomplished!

KJV 1900King James Version

I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!