Luke 12:49

KJV1611 – Modern English

I have come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it is already kindled?

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  • Mal 4:1 : 1 For behold, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud, yes, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
  • Joel 2:30-31 : 30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood and fire and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.
  • Mal 3:2-3 : 2 But who may endure the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap: 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness.
  • Matt 3:10-12 : 10 And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees: therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire: 12 His winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
  • Luke 11:53-54 : 53 And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: 54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.
  • Luke 12:51-52 : 51 Do you suppose that I have come to give peace on earth? I tell you, No; but rather division. 52 For from now on there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
  • John 9:4 : 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work.
  • Isa 11:4 : 4 But with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
  • John 11:8-9 : 8 His disciples said to him, Master, the Jews just recently sought to stone you; and are you going there again? 9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.
  • John 12:17-19 : 17 The people who were with him when he called Lazarus out of his tomb and raised him from the dead, bore witness. 18 For this reason the crowd also met him, because they heard that he had done this miracle. 19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Do you see that you are accomplishing nothing? Look, the world has gone after him.
  • Luke 13:31-33 : 31 The same day some of the Pharisees came, saying to him, Get out and depart from here, for Herod will 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 I shall be perfected. 33 Nevertheless I must keep going today, tomorrow, and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.
  • Luke 19:39-40 : 39 And some of the Pharisees from among the crowd said to him, Teacher, rebuke your disciples. 40 And he answered and said to them, I tell you that if these should be silent, the stones would immediately cry out.

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  • Luke 12:50-51
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    50But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how distressed I am till it is accomplished!

    51Do you suppose that I have come to give peace on earth? I tell you, No; but rather division.

  • Luke 9:54
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    54And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?

  • Matt 3:10-12
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    10And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees: therefore every tree which does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

    11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

    12His winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

  • Luke 3:16-17
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    16John answered, saying to them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I comes, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

    17Whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.

  • Matt 10:34-35
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    34Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth: I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

    35For 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.

  • John 12:46-49
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    46I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me should not remain in darkness.

    47And if anyone hears my words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

    48He who rejects me and does not receive my words has that which judges him: the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.

    49For I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent me gave me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.

  • Luke 12:46-48
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    46The lord of that servant will come in a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

    47And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

    48But he that did not know, and committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

  • Amos 2:5
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    5But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

  • Luke 3:9
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    9And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore that does not produce good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

  • Matt 5:17
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    17Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets: I did not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

  • John 6:38
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    38For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

  • Matt 13:49-50
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    49This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous.

    50And throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Jer 15:14
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    14And I will make you to pass with your enemies into a land you do not know: for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn upon you.

  • Matt 13:42
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    42They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Mark 12:9
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    9What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and give the vineyard to others.

  • Ezek 20:48
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    48And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

  • Matt 17:12
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    12But I say to you, That Elijah has already come, and they did not know him, but have done to him whatever they wished. Likewise shall also the Son of Man suffer by them.

  • Heb 12:29
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    29For our God is a consuming fire.

  • Isa 66:15
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    15For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

  • Luke 19:27
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    27But those my enemies, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.

  • John 9:39
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    39And Jesus said, For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see might see; and that those who see might be made blind.

  • Mark 9:48-49
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    48Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

    49For everyone will be seasoned with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.

  • Matt 7:19
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    19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • 2 Kgs 1:12
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    12And Elijah answered and said to them, If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

  • Matt 12:28
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    28But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

  • Luke 11:49
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    49Therefore the wisdom of God also said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute:

  • Jer 21:14
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    14But I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds, says the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in its forest, and it shall devour all things around it.

  • John 15:6
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    6If anyone does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and is withered; and men gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

  • Amos 1:12
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    12But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

  • Ps 83:14
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    14As the fire burns a forest, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire;

  • Mark 4:21
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    21And he said to them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a candlestick?

  • Deut 32:22
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    22For a fire is kindled in my anger, and shall burn to the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

  • Luke 4:43
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    43And he said to them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.

  • John 12:27
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    27Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? But for this cause I came to this hour.

  • Mark 9:43
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    43And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched;

  • Job 31:12
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    12For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

  • Ezek 5:4
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    4Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; from it a fire shall come forth into all the house of Israel.

  • Jer 17:27
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    27But if you will not listen to me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.