Matthew 16:3 - English Majority Text Version 2009

³ And in the morning, 'Today [will be ]stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.' Hypocrites! Indeed you know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And in the morning, It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and has a gloomy and threatening look. You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day: for the heaven is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot discern the signs of the times.

Common English Bible

³ And in the morning you say, ‘There will be bad weather today because the sky is cloudy.’ You know how to make sense of the sky’s appearance. But you are unable to recognize the signs that point to what the time is.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ and in the morning, 'Today there will be a storm, for the sky is red and gloomy.' So then, you know how to judge the appearance of the sky, but you are unable to know the signs of the times?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And in the morning: To day there will be a storm, for the sky is red and lowering. You know then how to discern the face of the sky: and can you not know the signs of the times?

Matthew 16:3 Cross References

Matthew 11:5

The blind receive sight, and the lame[ ]walk; the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf[ ]hear; the dead[ ]are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Matthew 15:7

Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying,

Matthew 22:18

But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, "Why do you test Me, [you] hypocrites?

Matthew 23:13

But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

Matthew 4:23

And Jesus went about all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every illness among the people.

Matthew 7:5

Hypocrite! First remove the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.

Luke 11:44

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you are like unmarked graves, and the men walking over them do not know it."

Luke 12:56

Hypocrites! You know [how] to discern the face of the earth and of the sky, but how is it you do not discern this time?

Luke 13:15

The Lord then answered him and said, "Hypocrites! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it?

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature, for those because of their practice have their senses trained for the distinguishing of both good and evil.