Luke 12:49 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴⁹ “I have come to bring fire to the earth. [Note: This means division within families. See verses 51-53] And how I wish that fire were already started [i.e., so I could complete my mission sooner]!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁹ I have come to cast fire upon the earth, and how I wish that it were already kindled!

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁴⁹ “I came to cast fire upon the earth. How I wish that it was already ablaze!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁹ I have come to cast a fire upon the earth. And what should I desire, except that it may be kindled?

Luke 12:49 Cross References

John 9:4

While it is still daytime we must perform the acts of God, who sent me. Nighttime is coming, when no one can act.

Luke 12:48

But the one who did not know [i.e., what his master wanted], yet did things deserving of punishment, will be whipped with few lashes. And to the person who has been given much [responsibility], there will be much required [of him]. And to whom people entrust much [responsibility], they will ask [much] more from him.

Luke 12:50

But I have an immersion to experience [i.e., overwhelming suffering to undergo. See Mark 10:38-39], and what stress I am under until it happens!