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


In Context

46 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

47 "That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows.

48 But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.

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

50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed!

51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:49I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I if already it has been 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?