Luke 12:56 “You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth…”

Luke 12:56

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don’t interpret this time?

American Standard Version

Ye hypocrites, ye know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven; but how is it that ye know not how to interpret this time?

Geneva Bible 1599

Hypocrites, ye can discerne the face of the earth, and of the skie: but why discerne ye not this time?

Darby Translation

Hypocrites, ye know how to judge of the appearance of the earth and of the heaven; how [is it then that] ye do not discern this time?

Young's Literal Translation

hypocrites! the face of the earth and of the heaven ye have known to make proof of, but this time — how do ye not make proof of [it]?

Bible in Basic English

O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is clear to you; how is it that the signs of these times are not as clear to you?

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Cross references

“ye can”

Matthew 16:3 Matthew 11:25 1 Chronicles 12:32 Matthew 24:32 Matthew 24:33

Matthew 16:3 · BSB

and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.

Matthew 11:25 · BSB

At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

1 Chronicles 12:32 · BSB

From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.

Matthew 24:32 · BSB

Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.

Matthew 24:33 · BSB

So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door.

“that”

Luke 19:42–44 Daniel 9:24–26 Malachi 4:2 Galatians 4:4 Haggai 2:7 Malachi 3:1

Luke 19:42–44 · BSB

and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

Daniel 9:24–26 · BSB

Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and t…

Malachi 4:2 · BSB

“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

Galatians 4:4 · BSB

But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Haggai 2:7 · BSB

I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 3:1 · BSB

“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

55And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.

57And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

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