Luke 12:49
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!”
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“I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?”
King James Version · Public Domain“I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 12:49 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
- Joel 2:30I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
- Malachi 3:2But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
- Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
- Matthew 3:10The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
- Luke 11:53As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,
- Luke 12:51Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
- Luke 13:31At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”
- Luke 19:39But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples!”
- John 9:4While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
- John 11:8“Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”
- John 12:17Meanwhile, many people continued to testify that they had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead.
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