“I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
Luke 12:51 - The Text-Critical English New Testament Do you think I have come to grant peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do you suppose that I have come to give peace upon earth? No, I say to you, but rather division; American Standard Version (1901) Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: Common English Bible Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, I have come instead to bring division. Catholic Public Domain Version Do you think that I have come to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation. |
“I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
For from now on five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
After Paul said these things, the Jews went away and had a great dispute among themselves.