Luke 12:49-56

Not Peace, but Division

49 q "I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 "But r I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is s accomplished! 51 t "Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, u but rather division. 52 v "For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three. 53 w "Father will be divided 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 her mother-in-law."

Interpreting the Time

54 Then He also said to the multitudes, x "Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming'; and so it is. 55 "And when you see the y south wind blow, you say, 'There will be hot weather'; and there is. 56 "Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern z this time?

  1. Cross References
    Luke 12:51
    Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division.
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 20:18
    Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death.
    Matthew 20:22
    But Jesus answered and said, "You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" They said to Him, "We are able.
    Matthew 20:23
    So He said to them, "You will indeed drink My cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it is prepared by My Father.
    Mark 10:38
    But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
  3. Cross References
    John 12:27
    Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save Me from this hour'? But for this purpose I came to this hour.
    John 19:30
    So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.
  4. Cross References
    Matthew 10:34 - 36
    Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
  5. Cross References
    Micah 7:6
    For son dishonors father, Daughter rises against her mother, Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; A man's enemies are the men of his own household.
    John 7:43
    So there was a division among the people because of Him.
    John 9:16
    Therefore some of the Pharisees said, "This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" And there was a division among them.
    John 10:19
    Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings.
    Acts 14:4
    But the multitude of the city was divided: part sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
  6. Cross References
    Matthew 10:35
    For I have come to 'set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law'.
    Mark 13:12
    Now brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.
  7. Cross References
    Matthew 10:21
    Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.
    Matthew 10:36
    "and 'a man's enemies will be those of his own household.'
  8. Cross References
    Matthew 16:2
    He answered and said to them, "When it is evening you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red'.
    Matthew 16:3
    And in the morning, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.
  9. Cross References
    Job 37:17
    Why are your garments hot, When He quiets the earth by the south wind?
  10. Cross References
    Luke 19:41 - 44
    Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it.
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