Catholic Public Domain Version
"Do you think that I have come to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division. "
— Luke 12:51, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:”
“Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: ”
“Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.”
“Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!”
“Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.”
“Is it your opinion that I have come to give peace on earth? I say to you, No, but division:”
“Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:”
Yet he who did not know, and who acted in a way that deserves a beating, will be beaten fewer times. So then, of all to whom much has been given, much will be required. And of those to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be asked.
I have come to cast a fire upon the earth. And what should I desire, except that it may be kindled?
And I have a baptism, with which I am to be baptized. And how I am constrained, even until it may be accomplished!
Do you think that I have come to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
For from this time on, there will be five in one house: divided as three against two, and as two against three.
A father will be divided against a son, and a son against his father; a mother against a daughter and a daughter against a mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
And he also said to the crowds: “When you see a cloud rising from the setting of the sun, immediately you say, ‘A rain cloud is coming.’ And so it does.