Luke 12:49–59

Christ Warns of the Costs of Discipleship

^49q“I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! ⁵⁰But ^rI have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is ^saccomplished! ^51tDo you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, ^ubut rather division. ^52vFor from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three. ^53wFather will be divided 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 her mother-in-law.”

Christ Warns of Not Discerning the Times

⁵⁴Then He also said to the multitudes, ^x“Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming’; and so it is. ⁵⁵And when you see the ^ysouth wind blow, you say, ‘There will be hot weather’; and there is. ⁵⁶Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern ^zthis time?

⁵⁷“Yes, and why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right? ^58aWhen you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort ^balong the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. ⁵⁹I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last mite.”