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I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?
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But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
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Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
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for there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
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They shall 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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And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass.
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And when [ye see] a south wind blowing, ye say, There will be a scorching heat; and it cometh to pass.
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Ye hypocrites, ye know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven; but how is it that ye know not how to interpret this time?
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And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
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For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison.
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I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.