Luke 12:49 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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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?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁹ 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 shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

Malachi 4:1

For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

Luke 12:48

But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

Luke 12:50

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!

John 9:4

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.