American Standard Version
"But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! "
— Luke 12:50, American Standard Version
“But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!”
“But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!”
“I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is finished!”
“And I have a baptism wherewith I am to be baptized. And how am I straitened until it be accomplished?”
“But there is a baptism which I have to undergo; and how am I kept back till it is complete!”
“But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!”
And that servant, who knew his lord’s will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;
but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.
I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
for there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.