Luke 12:56
You hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the heaven and of the earth: but how is it that you do not discern this time?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
55And when ye see the south wind blow, you say: There will be heat: and it cometh to pass.
57And why even of yourselves, do you not judge that which is just?
Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:32Also of the sons of Issachar men of understanding, that knew all times to order what Israel should do, two hundred principal men: and all the rest of the tribe followed their counsel.
Haggai 2:7For thus saith the Lord of hosts: Yet one little while, and I will move the heaven and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land.
Malachi 4:2But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd.
Matthew 16:3And in the morning: To day there will be a storm, for the sky is red and lowering. You know then how to discern the face of the sky: and can you not know the signs of the times?
Luke 19:42If thou also hadst known, and that in this thy day, the things that are to thy peace; but now they are hidden from thy eyes.
Galatians 4:4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent his Son, made of a woman, made under the law:
Matthew Henry on Luke 12:55-59
Reconciliation to God. 54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. 55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. 56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? 57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? 58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give… Read the whole commentary →