Interpreting the Time

54 He also said to the crowds, (A)“When you see (B)a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming.’ And so it happens.

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Interpreting the Times

54 He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does.(A)

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He answered them,[a] (A)“When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ (B)You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret (C)the signs of the times.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:2 Some manuscripts omit the following words to the end of verse 3

He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:3 Some early manuscripts do not have When evening comes … of the times.