Luke 12:49–59

Not Peace, but Division

⁴⁹“I ¹have come to cast fire upon the earth, and ²how I wish it were already kindled!

⁵⁰“But I have a ^abaptism to ¹undergo, and how distressed I am until it is finished!

⁵¹“^aDo you think that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division;

⁵²for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.

⁵³“They will be divided, ^afather against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

⁵⁴And He was also saying to the crowds, “^aWhen you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it happens.

⁵⁵“And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, ‘It will be a ^ahot day,’ and it happens.

⁵⁶“You hypocrites! ^aYou know how to examine the appearance of the earth and the sky, but ¹why do you not examine this present time?

⁵⁷“And ^awhy do you not even judge for yourselves what is right?

⁵⁸“For ^awhile you are going with your opponent to appear before the magistrate, on your way there make an effort to ¹settle with him, so that he may not drag you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

⁵⁹“I say to you, you will not get out of there until you have paid the last ^1alepton.”