Luke 12:49 - Easy To Read Version

⁴⁹ Jesus continued speaking: “I came to bring fire to the world. I wish it were already burning!

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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

Malachi 4:1

“That time of judgment is coming. It will be like a hot furnace. All those proud people will be punished. All those evil people will burn like straw. At that time, they will be like a bush burning in the fire—and there will not be a branch or root left.” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Luke 12:48

But what about the servant that does not know what his master wants? The servant does things that deserve punishment. But he will get less punishment than the servant that knew what he should do. Any person that has been given much will be responsible for much. Much more will be expected from the person that has been given more.”

Luke 12:50

I must be baptized with a \{different kind of\} baptism. {\cf2\super [230]} I feel very troubled until it is finished.

John 9:4

While it is daytime, we must continue doing the work of the One that sent me. The night is coming. And no person can work at night.