Jesus' violent mission
Luke 12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
| Matt 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. | Luke 12:51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: |
| Matt 10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law [1]. | Luke 12:52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. 53 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. |
Matt 10:36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
Luke 12:54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. 55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. 56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? 57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? 58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. 59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
Luke 14:25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
| Matt 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than meis not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. | Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. |
| Matt 10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. | Luke 14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. |
Matt 10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. 40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward [2].
[1]Contrast this verse and its parallel in Luke with Deuteronomy 5:16: Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee..
[2]Matthew 10:42 is repeated almost verbatim (but in an entirely different context) in Mark 9:41.
