48. But the one who did not know and did things worthy of a beating will be whipped lightly. From everyone given much, much will be required; and from the one for whom more is provided, all the more they will ask of him.
49. “I came to pour out fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already ablaze!
50. But I have an immersion to endure, and how distressed I am until it is finished!
51. “Do you suppose that I have come to bring shalom on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
52. From now on there will be five in one house in opposition, three against two and two against three.
53. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
54. Then He also was saying to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, instantly you say, ‘A rainstorm is coming’—and so it is.
55. And when a south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It will be a scorcher’—and so it is.
56. Hypocrites! The surface of the earth and sky you know how to interpret yet you don’t know how to interpret this present time?
57. Why can’t you judge for yourselves what is right?