Luke 12:56
Hypocrites, you know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the heavens, but how is it that you do not know how to interpret the present time?
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55When a south wind is blowing, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,' and it happens.
57Why do you not judge what is right for yourselves?
Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:32From Issachar, there were two hundred leaders who had understanding of the times and knew what Israel ought to do. All their relatives were under their command.
Haggai 2:7I will shake every nation, and every nation will bring their precious things to me, 1 and I will fill this house with glory, says Yahweh of hosts. 1
Malachi 4:2But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and you will leap like calves from the stall.
Matthew 16:3When it is morning, you say, 'It will be foul weather, 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.
Luke 19:42saying, “If only you had known in this day, even you, the things which bring you peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
Galatians 4:4But when the fullness of time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born 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 →