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? "
— Luke 12:56, American Standard 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?”
“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?”
“You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?”
“You hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the heaven and of the earth: but how is it that you do not discern this time?”
“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?”
“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?”
They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.
And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass.
And when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say, There will be a scorching heat; and it cometh to pass.
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?
And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison.
I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.