Luke 12:49–57

Christ Divides Men

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 accomplished!

⁵¹“^aDo you suppose 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 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 turns out.

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

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

⁵⁷“And ^awhy do you not even on your own initiative judge what is right?