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Luke 12:49-51
New Catholic Bible
Luke 12:49-51
New Catholic Bible
The Urgency of Making the Decision
49 Jesus and His Passion.[a]“I have come to spread fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already blazing! 50 I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it has been completed!
51 Jesus, Cause of Dissensions.[b]“Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
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- Luke 12:49 The allusion is to the baptism in fire and the Spirit that begins on Pentecost (see Lk 3:16; Acts 2:3, 19) and also to the Passion that is to cleanse the people of their sins (see Mk 10:38).
- Luke 12:51 The Gospel brings not security but the division (see Lk 2:34-35) that, according to Micah (7:6), is a prelude to the last times.
