NET Bible
"Not Peace, but Division“I have come to bring fire on the earth– and how I wish it were already kindled!"
— Luke 12:49, NET Bible
“I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?”
“I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled? ”
“"I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.”
“I am come to cast fire on the earth. And what will I, but that it be kindled?”
“I came to send a fire on the earth, and it may even now have been lighted.”
“I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?”
then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the unfaithful.
That servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.
But the one who did not know his master’s will and did things worthy of punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked.
Not Peace, but Division“I have come to bring fire on the earth– and how I wish it were already kindled!
I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is finished!
Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!
For from now on there will be five in one household divided, three against two and two against three.