Luke 12:49-53

Good News Translation

Jesus the Cause of Division^(A)

⁴⁹ “I came to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already kindled! ^50 (B)I have a baptism to receive, and how distressed I am until it is over! ⁵¹ Do you suppose that I came to bring peace to the world? No, not peace, but division. ⁵² From now on a family of five will be divided, three against two and two against three. ^53 (C)Fathers will be against their sons, and sons against their fathers; mothers will be against their daughters, and daughters against their mothers; mothers-in-law will be against their daughters-in-law, and daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law.”