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"I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled!

I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?

"But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!

"Do you think that I came to provide peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division;

Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.

For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

"They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."

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.