Not Peace, but Division

49 (A)“I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled!

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Not Peace but Division(A)

49 “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

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The Great Day of the Lord

[a] “For behold, (A)the day is coming, (B)burning like an oven, when (C)all the arrogant and (D)all evildoers (E)will be stubble. The day that is coming (F)shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 4:1 Ch 4:1–6 is ch 3:19–24 in Hebrew

Judgment and Covenant Renewal

[a]“Surely the day is coming;(A) it will burn like a furnace.(B) All the arrogant(C) and every evildoer will be stubble,(D) and the day that is coming will set them on fire,(E)” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch(F) will be left to them.

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  1. Malachi 4:1 In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:19-24.

10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. (A)Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

11 (B)“I baptize you with water (C)for repentance, but (D)he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you (E)with the Holy Spirit and (F)fire. 12 His (G)winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and (H)gather his wheat into the barn, (I)but the chaff he will burn with (J)unquenchable fire.”

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10 The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.(A)

11 “I baptize you with[a] water for repentance.(B) But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit(C) and fire.(D) 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”(E)

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  1. Matthew 3:11 Or in
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51 (A)Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? (B)No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three.

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51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but 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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But (A)who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For (B)he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. He will sit (C)as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring (D)offerings in righteousness to the Lord.[a]

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  1. Malachi 3:3 Or and they will belong to the Lord, bringers of an offering in righteousness

But who can endure(A) the day of his coming?(B) Who can stand(C) when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire(D) or a launderer’s soap.(E) He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver;(F) he will purify(G) the Levites and refine them like gold and silver.(H) Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,(I)

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30 “And I will show (A)wonders in the heavens and (B)on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. 31 (C)The sun shall be turned to darkness, (D)and the moon to blood, (E)before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.

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30 I will show wonders in the heavens(A)
    and on the earth,(B)
    blood and fire and billows of smoke.
31 The sun will be turned to darkness(C)
    and the moon to blood
    before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.(D)

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17 (A)The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness. 18 The reason why the crowd went to meet him (B)was that they heard he had done this sign. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, (C)“You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, (D)the world has gone after him.”

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17 Now the crowd that was with him(A) when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. 18 Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign,(B) went out to meet him. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!”(C)

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We must (A)work the works of him who sent me (B)while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

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As long as it is day,(A) we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

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but (A)with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
    and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall (B)strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
    and (C)with the breath of his lips (D)he shall kill the wicked.

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but with righteousness(A) he will judge the needy,(B)
    with justice(C) he will give decisions for the poor(D) of the earth.
He will strike(E) the earth with the rod of his mouth;(F)
    with the breath(G) of his lips he will slay the wicked.(H)

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Lament over Jerusalem

31 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from (A)here, for (B)Herod wants to kill you.” 32 And he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day (C)I finish my course. 33 Nevertheless, (D)I (E)must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that (F)a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.’

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Jesus’ Sorrow for Jerusalem(A)(B)

31 At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod(C) wants to kill you.”

32 He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.’(D) 33 In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet(E) can die outside Jerusalem!

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The disciples said to him, (A)“Rabbi, (B)the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?” Jesus answered, (C)“Are there not twelve hours in the day? (D)If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But (E)if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not (F)in him.”

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“But Rabbi,”(A) they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you,(B) and yet you are going back?”

Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light.(C) 10 It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”

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53 As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things, 54 (A)lying in wait for him, (B)to catch him in something he might say.

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53 When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions, 54 waiting to catch him in something he might say.(A)

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39 (A)And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” 40 He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, (B)the very stones would cry out.”

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39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”(A)

40 “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”(B)

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