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Luke 12:49
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The Urgency of Making the Decision

49 Jesus and His Passion.[a]“I have come to spread fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already blazing!

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  1. Luke 12:49 The allusion is to the baptism in fire and the Spirit that begins on Pentecost (see Lk 3:16; Acts 2:3, 19) and also to the Passion that is to cleanse the people of their sins (see Mk 10:38).
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