₄₉“I came to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already kindled! ₅₀I have a baptism to receive, and how distressed I am until it is over! ₅₁Do you suppose that I came to bring peace to the world? No, not peace, but division. ₅₂From now on a family of five will be divided, three against two and two against three. ₅₃Fathers will be against their sons, and sons against their fathers; mothers will be against their daughters, and daughters against their mothers; mothers-in-law will be against their daughters-in-law, and daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law.”

₅₄Jesus said also to the people, “When you see a cloud coming up in the west, at once you say that it is going to rain — and it does. ₅₅And when you feel the south wind blowing, you say that it is going to get hot — and it does. ₅₆Hypocrites! You can look at the earth and the sky and predict the weather; why, then, don't you know the meaning of this present time?