Luke 12:49

New International Version

“I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

Cross References

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.

Malachi 4:1

“Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them.

Luke 12:48

But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.

Luke 12:50

But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!

John 9:4

As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.