122. Solemn Reminders

I have come to bring fire (of the Holy Spirit) upon the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with (to undergo suffering and death); and how I am constrained until it is accomplished!

Do you think that I have come to give peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. For henceforth in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.

He also said to the crowd: When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say it is going to rain, and so it does. And when you see the south wind blowing, you say there will be scorching heat, and it happens. Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky, but how is it that you do not know how to interpret the present time? And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?

As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he may not drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison. I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the very last penny.