Matthew 16:2 - Easy To Read Version

² Jesus answered, “When you people see the sunset, you know what the weather will be. If the sky is red, then you say we will have good weather.

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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,'

Matthew 16:2 Cross References

Matthew 16:3

And in the morning you watch the sunrise. If the sky is dark and red, then you say that it will be a rainy day. These things are signs of the weather. You see these signs in the sky and you know what they mean. In the same way, you see the things that are happening now. These things are also signs. But you don’t know the meaning of these signs.