Luke 12:49

The English Standar Version

"I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled!

Cross References

Malachi 4:1

[1] "For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

Isaiah 11:4

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

John 9:4

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

Luke 12:48

But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

Luke 12:50

I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished!