49. "I have come to bring fire on the earth. How I wish the fire had already started!
50. But I have a baptism of suffering to go through. And I will be very troubled until it is completed.
51. "Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you. I have come to separate people.
52. From now on there will be five members in a family, each one against the other. There will be three against two and two against three.
53. They will be separated. Father will turn against son and son against father. Mother will turn against daughter and daughter against mother. Mother-in-law will turn against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
54. Jesus spoke to the crowd. He said, "You see a cloud rising in the west. Right away you say, 'It's going to rain.' And it does.
55. The south wind blows. So you say, 'It's going to be hot.' And it is.
56. You pretenders! You know how to understand the appearance of the earth and the sky. Why can't you understand the meaning of what is happening right now?
57. "Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?
58. Suppose someone has a claim against you, and you are on your way to court. Try hard to settle the matter on the way. If you don't, that person may drag you off to the judge. The judge may turn you over to the officer. And the officer may throw you into prison.