50. There is a kind of baptism that I must suffer through. I feel very troubled until it is finished.
51. Do you think I came to give peace to the world? No, I came to divide the world!
52. From now on, a family of five will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
53. A father and son will be divided: The son will turn against his father. The father will turn against his son. A mother and her daughter will be divided: The daughter will turn against her mother. The mother will turn against her daughter. A mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law will be divided: The daughter-in-law will turn against her mother-in-law. The mother-in-law will turn against her daughter-in-law.”
54. Then Jesus said to the people, “When you see clouds growing bigger in the west, you say, ‘A rainstorm is coming.’ And soon it begins to rain.
55. When you feel the wind begin to blow from the south, you say, ‘It will be a hot day.’ And you are right.
56. You hypocrites! You can understand the weather. Why don’t you understand what is happening now?
57. “Why can’t you decide for yourselves what is right?
58. Suppose someone is suing you, and you are both going to court. Try hard to settle it on the way. If you don’t settle it, you may have to go before the judge. And the judge will hand you over to the officer, who will throw you into jail.
59. I tell you, you will not get out of there until you have paid every cent you owe.”