Luke 12:56
Hypocrites! the face of the earth and of the heaven, ye know how to scan; but, this season, how know ye not to scan;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
57Why, moreover, even from yourselves, judge ye not what is just?
Cross References
1 Chronicles 12:32And, of the sons of Issachar, such as were of good understanding of the times, to know what Israel, should do, their chiefs, were two hundred, and, all their brethren, were at their bidding.
Haggai 2:7And I will shake all the nations, and the delight of all the nations, shall come in,—and I will fill this house with glory, saith Yahweh of hosts.
Malachi 4:2So shall the sun of righteousness, arise to you who revere my Name, with healing in his wings,—and ye shall come forth and leap for joy like calves let loose from the stall;
Matthew 16:3And at morn, To-day, a storm! for fiery, and yet sad, is the heaven. The face of the heaven indeed, ye learn to distinguish,—but, the signs of the times, ye cannot.]]
Luke 19:42If thou hadst got to know, in this day, even thou, the conditions of peace… But, now, are they hid from thine eyes:
Galatians 4:4But, when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, who came to be of a woman, who came to be 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 →