Luke 12:49

Webster's Bible (1833)

"I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.

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  • Mal 4:1 : 1 "For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up," says Yahweh of Hosts, "that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
  • Joel 2:30-31 : 30 I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood, fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun will be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
  • Mal 3:2-3 : 2 "But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like launderer's soap; 3 and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
  • Matt 3:10-12 : 10 "Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.{TR and NU add "and with fire"} 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire."
  • Luke 11:53-54 : 53 As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him; 54 lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
  • Luke 12:51-52 : 51 Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division. 52 For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
  • John 9:4 : 4 I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
  • Isa 11:4 : 4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he kill the wicked.
  • John 11:8-9 : 8 The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?" 9 Jesus answered, "Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn't in him."
  • John 12:17-19 : 17 The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, was testifying about it. 18 For this cause also the multitude went and met him, because they heard that he had done this sign. 19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him."
  • Luke 13:31-33 : 31 On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you." 32 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 complete my mission. 33 Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can't be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.'
  • Luke 19:39-40 : 39 Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!" 40 He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."

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    50But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

    51Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.

  • Luke 9:54
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    54When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?"

  • Matt 3:10-12
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    10"Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

    11I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.{TR and NU add "and with fire"}

    12His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire."

  • Luke 3:16-17
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    16John answered them all, "I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,

    17whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."

  • Matt 10:34-35
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    34"Don't think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn't come to send peace, but a sword.

    35For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and 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 may not remain in the darkness.

    47If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn't believe, I don't judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

    48He who rejects me, and doesn't receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke, the same will judge him in the last day.

    49For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

  • Luke 12:46-48
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    46then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn't know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.

    47That servant, who knew his lord's will, and didn't prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,

    48but he who didn't know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whoever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.

  • Amos 2:5
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    5But I will send a fire on Judah, And it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem."

  • Luke 3:9
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    9Even now the axe also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire."

  • Matt 5:17
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    17"Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill.

  • John 6:38
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    38For I have come 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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    49So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

    50and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."

  • Jer 15:14
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    14I will make [them] to pass with your enemies into a land which you don't know; for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn on you.

  • Matt 13:42
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    42and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

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

  • Ezek 20:48
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    48All flesh shall see that I, Yahweh, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.

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    12but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn't recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also 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, Yahweh will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

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    27But bring those enemies of mine who didn't want me to reign over them here, and kill them before me.'"

  • John 9:39
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    39Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."

  • Mark 9:48-49
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    48'where their worm doesn't die, and the fire is not quenched.'

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

  • Matt 7:19
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    19Every tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.

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

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

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

  • Jer 21:14
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    14I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says Yahweh; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.

  • John 15:6
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    6If a man doesn't remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

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    12But I will send a fire on Teman, And it will devour the palaces of Bozrah."

  • Ps 83:14
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    14As the fire that burns the forest, As the flame that sets the mountains on fire,

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    22For a fire is kindled in my anger, Burns to the lowest Sheol, Devours the earth with its increase, Sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

  • Luke 4:43
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    43But he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent."

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    27"Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? 'Father, save me from this time?' But for this cause I came to this time.

  • Mark 9:43
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    43If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna,{Gehenna is a word for Hell that originated as the name for a place where live babies were thrown crying into the fire under the arms of the idol, Moloch, to die. This place was so despised by the people after the righteous King Josiah abolished this hideous practice, that not only was it made into a garbage heap, but dead bodies of diseased animals and executed criminals were thrown there and burned.} into the unquenchable fire,

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    12For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase.

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    4Of these again shall you take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; from it shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

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