Luke 12:49

Free Bible Version

I have come to set the earth on fire, and I really wish it was already burning!

Cross References

Isaiah 11:4

Instead, he will judge the poor justly, and make decisions fairly on behalf of the destitute people of the earth. He will strike the earth when he pronounces judgment, and he will execute the wicked with just a word from his lips.

Malachi 4:1

Watch out! The day is coming—it burns like an oven—when the proud and the wicked will be burned like straw. When that day comes they will be completely burned up, root and branch, says the Lord Almighty.

Luke 12:48

but the servant who didn't know and did things deserving punishment will be beaten only lightly. From those who are given much, much will be required, and from those who are entrusted with more, more will be demanded.

Luke 12:50

But I have a baptism to go through, and I'm in agony, wishing it was over!

John 9:4

we have to keep on doing the work of the one who sent me as long as it is still daytime. The night is coming when no one can work.