Luke 12:51 · KJV
“Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:”
— Luke 12:51
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! {straitened: or, pained}
For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
Luke 12 — Context
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
50But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! {straitened: or, pained}
51Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Cross References
Matthew 10:34-36
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Luke 12:49
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
Matthew 24:7-10
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Zechariah 11:10-11
And I took my staff, {even} Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
Zechariah 11:14
Then I cut asunder mine other staff, {even} Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. {Bands: or, Binders}
Zechariah 11:7-8
And I will feed the flock of slaughter, {even} you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. {even...: or, verily the poor} {Bands: or, Binders}