48. but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.
49. I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what will I, if it is already kindled?
50. But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51. Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52. for there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53. They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.
54. And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass.
55. And when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say, There will be a scorching heat; and it cometh to pass.
56. Ye hypocrites, ye know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven; but how is it that ye know not how to interpret this time?