Luke 12:51
Suppose ye that I am come to sende peace on erth? I tell you naye: but rather debate.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
In Context
50Not with stondinge I must be baptised with a baptyme: and how am I payned till it be ended?
52For from hence forthe ther shalbe five in one housse devided thre agaynst two and two agaynst thre.
Cross References
Matthew 10:34Thynke not that I am come to sende peace into the erth. I came not to send peace but a swearde.
Luke 12:49I am come to sende fyre on erth: and what is my dysyre but that it were all redy kyndled?
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 →