Luke 12:56
You hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the earth and the firmament; and how do you not discern this time?
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
55and when the south wind is blowing, you say, that it will be hot; and it is so.
57Why do you not judge righteous judgment, even with reference to yourselves?
Cross References
Matthew 16:3and in the morning, It will be stormy to-day: for the lowering sky is red: ye hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the sky: but are you not able to discern the signs of the times?
Luke 19:42saying, If thou indeed hadst known, truly in this thy day, the things appertaining to thy peace! but now they are hidden from thy eyes.
Galatians 4:4but when the fulness of time came, God sent forth his own Son, having been born of a woman, having been born under 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 →