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Luke 12:51 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: "
Luke 12:51
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
The 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.
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Luke 12:1
"In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy."
Luke 12:2
"For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known."
Luke 12:3
"Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops."
Luke 12:4
"And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do."
Luke 12:5
"But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him."
Luke 12:6
"Are not five sparrows given in exchange for two farthings? and God has every one of them in mind."
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