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Luke 12:49

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To Start a Fire

49–53“I’ve come to start a fire on this earth—how I wish it were blazing right now!

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

“I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“I came to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already set ablaze!

NLTNew Living Translation

“I have come to set the world on fire, and I wish it were already burning!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish that it had been kindled already!

KJV 1900King James Version

I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?