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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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Footnotes

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

Cross references

  1. yMatt. 20:22. Mark 10:38.

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!