49I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I if already it has been kindled?


In Context

46 the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.

47 But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not prepared himself nor done his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

48 but he who knew it not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to every one to whom much has been given, much shall be required from him; and to whom men have committed much, they will ask from him the more.

49 I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I if already it has been kindled?

50 But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I straitened until it shall have been accomplished!

51 Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division:

Luke 12:49 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:49I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I if it be already kindled?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:49"I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:49I am come to cast fire on the earth; and what will I, but that it be kindled?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:49I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:49I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what will I, if it is already kindled?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:49I am come to send fire on the earth, and what will I, if it is already kindled?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:49|I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:49'Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:49I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?