Luke 12:49-59 ▼

49 |I've come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already ablaze!

50 I have a baptism to be baptized with, and what stress I am under until it's completed!

51 Do you think that I came to bring peace on earth? Not at all, I tell you, but rather division!

52 From now on, five people in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.

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

54 Then Jesus told the crowds, |When you see a cloud coming in from the west, you immediately say, 'There's going to be a storm,' and that's what happens.

55 When you see a south wind blowing, you say, 'It's going to be hot,' and so it is.

56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, yet you don't know how to interpret the present time?|

57 |Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?

58 For example, when you go with your opponent in front of a ruler, do your best to settle with him on the way there. Otherwise, you will be dragged in front of the judge, and the judge will hand you over to an officer, and the officer will throw you into prison.

59 I tell you, you will never get out of there until you pay back the last penny!|