Luke 12:56
Hypocrites! You know how to judge of the earth and the sky; how is it, then, that you cannot judge of this time?
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55And when you see that the wind is in the south, you say ‘It will be burning hot,’ and so it proves.
57Why don’t you yourselves decide what is right?
Cross References
Haggai 2:7And I will shake all nations, and the precious things of all nations will come here; and I will fill this temple with glory. The Lord of hosts says:
Malachi 4:2But to you who revere my name there will arise the sun of righteousness with healing in its wings, and you will run free like calves let out from their stall.
Matthew 16:3But in the morning you say ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is as red as fire and threatening.’ You learn to read the sky; yet you are unable to read the signs of the times!
Luke 19:42“If only you had known, while yet there was time – even you – the things that make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your sight.
Galatians 4:4but, when the full time came, God sent his Son – born a woman’s child, born subject to 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 →