Luke 12:49
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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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Malachi 4:1
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The Great Day of the Lord
4 [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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- Malachi 4:1 Ch 4:1–6 is ch 3:19–24 in Hebrew
Matthew 3:10-12
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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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Luke 12:51-52
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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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Malachi 3:2-3
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2 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. 3 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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- Malachi 3:3 Or and they will belong to the Lord, bringers of an offering in righteousness
John 12:17-19
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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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John 9:4
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4 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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Isaiah 11:4
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4 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.
Luke 13:31-33
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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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John 11:8-10
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8 The disciples said to him, (A)“Rabbi, (B)the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?” 9 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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Luke 11:53-54
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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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Luke 19:39-40
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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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