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Pentecost Season · Year C

Proper 15

August 20, 2028

The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky, Jules Dupré
The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky, Jules Dupré, c. 1860Art Institute of Chicago
A low cottage under a sky that has already made up its mind, the light going out of the field.When you see a cloud rising in the west you say it is going to rain, and it does. Why can you not read this present time?Jules DupréDupré, of the Barbizon painters, who read weather better than most people read faces.Art Institute of ChicagoThe Art Institute of Chicago.Art Institute of Chicago
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelLuke 12:49-56Lk 12:49-56
EpistleHeb. 11:29-12:2Heb 11:29-12:2
Old TestamentIsa. 5:1-7Is 5:1-7Alt. OTJer. 23:23-29Jer 23:23-29
PsalterPs. 80:1-2, 8-19Ps 80:1-2, 8-19Alt. PsalmPs. 82Ps 82

Overview & Insights

"I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!" (Luke 12:49)

Jesus warns that his coming brings not the peace people expect but division, even within households, as people are forced to take sides. He rebukes the crowd for reading the weather skillfully while failing to interpret the urgency of the present moment.

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Commentary

Commentary on Luke 12:49-56Commentary on Lk 12:49-56 Working Preacher

Traces the shifting audience between disciples and crowds and the fire of judgment that exposes our need for God.

Luke 12:49-56 CommentaryLk 12:49-56 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Homiletical treatment of Jesus' hard words about fire and household division.

Luke 12 CommentaryLk 12 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse treatment of the fire, baptism, and division sayings.

Luke 12:49 CommentariesLk 12:49 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentaries on Jesus' declaration that he came to bring fire.

Luke 12 ResourcesLk 12 Resources Precept Austin

Verse-by-verse study notes and cross references for Luke 12.

Background & Word Study

Luke 12:49 InterlinearLk 12:49 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek text and parsing for the fire and baptism sayings.

Luke 10-24 Video OverviewLk 10-24 Video Overview BibleProject

Video overview of the travel-narrative section of Luke that contains this teaching.

The Church Fathers

Luke 12Lk 12 Catena

Patristic comments on Luke 12 collected verse by verse.

Sermons & Reflections

A Different Kind of Division The Christian Century

Reflection on how Jesus' division is not the last word, since healing follows the rending.

Worship & Prayers

Proper 15, Year C The Lectionary Page

Full set of RCL propers and the collect for Proper 15C in one place.

Podcast

Sermon Brainwave Working Preacher

Weekly Luther Seminary faculty conversation on the coming Sunday's readings.

Art & Music

Revised Common Lectionary Art Index Vanderbilt

Searchable database of art keyed to the week's RCL readings.

Study Hub

Luke 12:49-56Lk 12:49-56 Textweek

Long-standing link list of commentary, sermons, and art for this passage.

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