Luke 12:49

New American Standard Bible 2020

“I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled!

Cross References

Isaiah 11:4

But with righteousness He will judge the poor, And decide with fairness for the humble of the earth; And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.

Malachi 4:1

“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of armies, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branches.

Luke 12:48

but the one who did not know it, and committed acts deserving of a beating, will receive only a few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.

Luke 12:50

But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

John 9:4

We must carry out the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.