Luke 12:49
I am come to sende fyre on erth: and what is my dysyre but that it were all redy kyndled?
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I if it be already kindled?
In Context
50Not with stondinge I must be baptised with a baptyme: and how am I payned till it be ended?
Cross References
Matthew 3:10Euen nowe is the axe put vnto the rote of the trees: soo that every tree which bringeth not forthe goode frute is hewe doune and cast into the fyre.
Luke 12:51Suppose ye that I am come to sende peace on erth? I tell you naye: but rather debate.
Luke 19:39And some of the Pharises of the company sayde vnto him: Master rebuke thy disciples.
John 11:8His disciples sayde vnto him. Master the Iewes lately sought meanes to stone the and wilt thou goo thyther agayne?
Matthew Henry on Luke 12:42-54
Vigilance and Exertion Inculcated. 41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? 42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. 45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his… Read the whole commentary →