Interpreting the Time^(A)

16 When the Pharisees and Sadducees arrived, in order to test Jesus^[a] they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. ² He replied to them, “You say,

You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, yet you can’t interpret the signs of the times?^{[b] 4} An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away.

Interpreting the Time^(A)

⁵⁴ Then Jesus^[a] told the crowds, “When you see a cloud coming in from the west, you immediately say, ‘There’s going to be a storm,’ and that’s what happens. ⁵⁵ When you see a south wind blowing, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and so it is. ⁵⁶ You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, yet you don’t know how to interpret the present time?”