Matthew 16:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

² But He answered them, {The rest of this verse and the next verse are omitted in most ancient manuscripts:} “When the sky is reddish in the evening, you predict fair weather [for the next day].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² He replied to them, When it is evening you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,

American Standard Version (1901)

² But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is red.

Common English Bible

² But he replied, “At evening you say, ‘It will be nice weather because the sky is bright red.’

Catholic Public Domain Version

² But he responded by saying to them: "When evening arrives, you say, 'It will be calm, for the sky is red,'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.

Matthew 16:2 Cross References

Matthew 16:3

And when the sky is reddish and overcast in the morning, you predict [that it will be] bad weather that day. You know how to interpret [weather] conditions from the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times [i.e., what will happen in the spiritual realm]”.