Do you think that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division;
Then I cut in pieces my second staff Union, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
“I have come to cast fire upon the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
[When he had spoken these words, the Jews departed, having a great dispute among themselves.]