Luke 12:53-56
New American Standard Bible
54And He was also saying to the crowds, 'Whenever you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it turns out.
55And whenever you feel a south wind blowing, you say, ‘It will be a hot day,’ and it turns out that way.
56You hypocrites! You know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you do not know how to analyze this present time?
King James Version
54And 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.
55And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
56Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
Christian Standard Bible
54He also said to the crowds: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, right away you say, ‘A storm is coming,’ and so it does.
55And when the south wind is blowing, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is.
56Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why don’t you know how to interpret this present time?
New Living Translation
54Then Jesus turned to the crowd and said, 'When you see clouds beginning to form in the west, you say, ‘Here comes a shower.’ And you are right.
55When the south wind blows, you say, ‘Today will be a scorcher.’ And it is.
56You fools! You know how to interpret the weather signs of the earth and sky, but you don’t know how to interpret the present times.
English Standard Version
54He also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming.’ And so it happens.
55And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat,’ and it happens.
56You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
New International Version
54He said to the crowd: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does.
55And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is.
56Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?
New King James Version
54Then He also said to the multitudes, “Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming’; and so it is.
55And when you see the south wind blow, you say, ‘There will be hot weather’; and there is.
56Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?