Luke 12:49 - Wesley's New Testament 1755

I am come to send fire on the earth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?

Common English Bible

“I came to cast fire upon the earth. How I wish that it was already ablaze!

Catholic Public Domain Version

I have come to cast a fire upon the earth. And what should I desire, except that it may be kindled?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

I am come to cast fire on the earth; and what will I, but that it be kindled?

Luke 12:49 Tagairtí Cros

Luke 12:48

But he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For to whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required; and to whom they have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

Luke 12:50

And what do I desire? That it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to be baptized with: and how am I straitned till it be accomplished!

John 9:4

I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day; the night is coming, when no man can work.