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49 "I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish that it had been kindled already!
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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 to be baptized with, and how I am distressed 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 grant peace on the 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 from now on there will be five in one household, 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 mother, mother-in-law against her 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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