New International Reader's Version NIRV
New International Version NIV
49 "I have come to bring fire on the earth. How I wish the fire had already started!
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“I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
50 But I have a baptism of suffering to go through. And I will be very troubled until it is completed.
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But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!
51 "Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you. I have come to separate people.
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Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.
52 From now on there will be five members in a family, each one against the other. There will be three against two and two against three.
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From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three.
53 They will be separated. Father will turn against son and son against father. Mother will turn against daughter and daughter against mother. Mother-in-law will turn against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
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They 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.”
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