Luke 12:50

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!”

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BSBPD

“But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed!”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 12:50 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
  2. Matthew 20:17As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,
  3. Mark 10:32As they were going up the road to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. Again Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him:
  4. John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
  5. John 7:6Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
  6. John 7:10But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.
  7. John 10:39At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
  8. John 12:27Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
  9. John 18:11“Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?”
  10. John 19:30When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
  11. Acts 20:22And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.

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