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.


In Context

51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division.

52 From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three.

53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in- law."

54 He said to the crowd: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, 'It's going to rain,' and it does.

55 And when the south wind blows, you say, 'It's going to be hot,' and it is.

56 Hypocrites! 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?

Luke 12:54 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:54And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:54And he said also to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising from the west, presently you say: A shower is coming: and so it happeneth:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:54And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:54And he said also to the crowds, When ye see a cloud rising out of the west, straightway ye say, A shower is coming; and so it happens.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:54And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:54And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, immediately ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:54He said to the multitudes also, |When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:54And he said also to the multitudes, 'When ye may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately ye say, A shower doth come, and it is so;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:54And he said also to the people, When you see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway you say, There comes a shower; and so it is.