Queerying 10th after Pentecost C

Rev. Emily E. Ewing queeries the Gospel reading.

Gospel: Luke 12:49-56
Jesus said:
⁴⁹“I came to bring fire to the earth,

and how I wish it were already kindled!
⁵⁰I have a baptism with which to be baptized,

and what stress I am under until it is completed!

⁵¹Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth?

No, I tell you, but rather division!

⁵²From now on five in one household will be divided,

three against two and two against three;
⁵³they 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.”

⁵⁴Jesus also said to the crowds,

“When you see a cloud rising in the west,

you immediately say, ‘It is going to rain’;

and so it happens.

⁵⁵And when you see the south wind blowing,

you say, ‘There will be scorching heat’;

and it happens.

⁵⁶You hypocrites!

You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky,

but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?

Queeries for the text:
What did we skip?  Why do we keep skipping verses?
Was Jesus a pyro?  How is fire helpful?
When are families divided?
Does Jesus bring the division or shed light on it?
What can we interpret from earth and sky?
What is in the present time?
What stress does baptism cause?
How are we divided?

What are your queeries?