⁴⁹“I have come to bring fire on the earth. How I wish the fire had already started! ⁵⁰But I have a baptism of suffering to go through. And I will be very troubled until it is completed.

⁵¹“Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you. I have come to separate people. ⁵²From now on there will be five members in a family, each one against the other. There will be three against two and two against three. ⁵³They will be separated. Father will turn against son and son against father. Mother will turn against daughter and daughter against mother. Mother-in-law will turn against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

Understanding What Is Happening

⁵⁴Jesus spoke to the crowd. He said, “You see a cloud rising in the west. Right away you say, ‘It’s going to rain.’ And it does. ⁵⁵The south wind blows. So you say, ‘It’s going to be hot.’ And it is. ⁵⁶You pretenders! You know how to understand the appearance of the earth and the sky. Why can’t you understand the meaning of what is happening right now?

⁵⁷“Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

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Luke 12:51: “Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.”