Luke 12:49 - English Standard Version 2016

“I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

I have come to cast fire upon the earth, and how I wish that it were already kindled!

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

“I came to cast fire upon the earth. How I wish that it was already ablaze!

Catholic Public Domain Version

I have come to cast a fire upon the earth. And what should I desire, except that it may be kindled?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Luke 12:49 Cross References

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.

Malachi 4:1

“For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

Luke 12:48

But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

Luke 12:50

I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished!

John 9:4

We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.