2He replied, "When evening comes, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,'


In Context

1 The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.

2 He replied, "When evening comes, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,'

3 and in the morning, 'Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.

4 A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah." Jesus then left them and went away.

Matthew 16:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:2He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, [It will be] fair weather: for the sky is red.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:2But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:2But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is red.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye say, Fine weather, for the sky is red;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:2But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is red.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2He answered and said to them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2But he answered them, |When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:2and he answering said to them, 'Evening having come, ye say, Fair weather, for the heaven is red,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:2He answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.