"I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?"
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And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.
His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
I came to send a fire on the earth, and it may even now have been lighted.
I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I if already it has been kindled?
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
I am come to send fire on the earth, and what will I, if it is already kindled?
"I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.
`Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled?