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49 “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
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"I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!
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I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed!
51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.
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Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!
52 From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three.
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From now on five in one household will be divided, 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 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 her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
54 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.
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He also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, "It is going to rain'; and so it happens.
55 And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is.
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And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, "There will be scorching heat'; and it happens.
56 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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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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