Luke 12:49

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled!

Cross References

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

Malachi 4:1

“For behold, the day comes, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

Luke 12:48

But he who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, shall receive a light beating. Every one to whom much is given, of him will much be required; and of him to whom men commit much they will demand the more.

Luke 12:50

I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished!

John 9:4

We must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day; night comes, when no one can work.