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Luke 12:49–50

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Not Peace, but Division

49a“I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! 50bI have a baptism to be baptized with, and how cgreat is my distress until it is accomplished!

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Cross references

  1. a[Matt. 3:11]
  2. bMark 10:38
  3. c2 Cor. 5:14 (Gk.)

In other versions

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!