Luke 12
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Luke 12:49-59

49“I have come to cast fire (judgment) on the earth; and how I wish that it were already kindled!

50I have a baptism [of great suffering] with which to be baptized, and how [greatly] I am distressed until it is accomplished!

51Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division [between believers and unbelievers];

52for from now on five in one household will be divided [over Me], three against two and two against three.

53They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

54He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘It is going to rain,’ and that is how it turns out.

55And when [you see that] a south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It will be a hot day,’ and it happens.

56You hypocrites (play-actors, pretenders)! You know how to analyze and intelligently interpret the appearance of the earth and sky [to forecast the weather], but why do you not intelligently interpret this present time?

57“And why do you not even on your own initiative judge what is right?

58For while you are going with your opponent [at law] to appear before a magistrate, on the way make an effort to settle, so that he does not drag you before the judge, and the judge does not [rule against you and] turn you over to the officer, and the officer does not throw you into prison.

59I say to you, you [absolutely] will not get out of there until you have paid the very last cent.”

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