Luke 12:49

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

I have come to cast fire into the earth; and what will I if it has been already lighted up!

Cross References

Isaiah 11:4

And he judged the powerless with justice, and he decided in straightness for the humble of the earth: and he struck the earth with the rod of his mouth, and by the spirit of his lips he will slay the unjust.

Malachi 4:1

For behold, the day coming, burning as a furnace; and all the proud and all doing injustice were straw: and the day coming burnt them, said Jehovah of armies, that it shall not leave to them root and branch.

Luke 12:48

And he not having known, and having done things worthy of blows, shall be skinned with few. And to every one to whom much was given, shall much be required of him: and with whom they have deposited much, they will ask of him the more.

Luke 12:50

And I have an immersion to be immersed with; and how am I pressed together till it should be finished!

John 9:4

I must work the works of him having sent me, while it is day: night comes, when none can work.