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49 "I came to cast fire upon the earth; and would that it were already kindled!
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“I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
50 I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am constrained until it is accomplished!
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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 that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division;
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Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.
52 for henceforth in one house there will be five divided, 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 divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against her mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her 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.”
54 He also said to the multitudes, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, 'A shower is coming'; and so it happens.
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He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does.
55 And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat'; and it happens.
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And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is.
56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky; but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
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Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?
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