Luke 12:49 - The Scriptures 2009

I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish 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 shall decide with straightness for the meek ones of the earth, and shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and slay the wrong with the breath of His lips.

Malachi 4:1

“For look, the day shall come, burning like a furnace, and all the proud, and every wrongdoer shall be stubble. And the day that shall come shall burn them up,” said יהוה of hosts, “which leaves to them neither root nor branch.

Luke 12:48

“But he who did not know, yet did what deserved flogging, shall be beaten with few. And everyone to whom much is given, from him much shall be demanded. And to whom much has been entrusted, from him much more shall be asked.

Luke 12:50

“But I have an immersion to be immersed with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

John 9:4

“It is necessary for Me to work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day – night is coming, when no one is able to work.