You fools! You know how to interpret the weather signs of the earth and sky, but you don’t know how to interpret the present times.

假冒为善的人哪，你们知道分辨天地的气色，怎么不知道分辨这时候呢？”

假冒为善的人哪，你们知道分辨天地的气象，怎么不知道分辨这是什么时代呢？”

假冒为善的人哪，你们知道分辨天地的气象，怎么不知道分辨这是什么时代呢？”

你们这些伪善的人！既然知道观察天色、预测天气，为什么不知道观察这个世代呢？

伪君子啊！你们知道分辨天地的气象，怎么不知道分辨这个时代呢？

你们这些伪善的人！你们懂得分辨天地的气象，怎么不懂得分辨这个时代呢？

假冒為善的人哪，你們知道分辨天地的氣色，怎麼不知道分辨這時候呢？」

假冒為善的人哪，你們知道分辨天地的氣象，怎麼不知道分辨這是甚麼時代呢？」

假冒為善的人哪，你們知道分辨天地的氣象，怎麼不知道分辨這是甚麼時代呢？」

你們這些偽善的人！既然知道觀察天色、預測天氣，為什麼不知道觀察這個世代呢？

偽君子啊！你們知道分辨天地的氣象，怎麼不知道分辨這個時代呢？

假冒為善的人哪，地和天的氣色、你們曉得察辨，這時機、你們怎麼不曉得察辨呢？

你們這些偽善的人！你們懂得分辨天地的氣象，怎麼不懂得分辨這個時代呢？

偽善者乎、爾識別天地色象、何不識別此時乎、

偽善者乎、爾識別天地色象、何不能別此時乎、

偽善者、爾知別天地之氣色、何不能別此時乎、

虛偽之人乎、爾何察於天地之氣象、而獨不察乎今茲之時耶？

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?

You pretenders! You know how to understand the appearance of the earth and the sky. Why can’t you understand the meaning of what is happening right now?

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?

Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why don’t you know how to interpret this present time?

You hypocrites! You know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you do not know how to analyze this present time?

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

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?

Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why don’t you know how to interpret this time?

[ 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 can you not know how to interpret the present 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?

red sky in the morning means foul weather all day.’ You know how to interpret the weather signs in the sky, but you don’t know how to interpret the signs of the times!

“ Now learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches bud and its leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is near.In the same way, when you see all these things, you can know his return is very near, right at the door.

“ How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes.Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you from every side.They will crush you into the ground, and your children with you. Your enemies will not leave a single stone in place, because you did not recognize it when God visited you.”

From the tribe of Issachar, there were 200 leaders of the tribe with their relatives. All these men understood the signs of the times and knew the best course for Israel to take.

“ A period of seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish their rebellion, to put an end to their sin, to atone for their guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to confirm the prophetic vision, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.Now listen and understand! Seven sets of seven plus sixty two sets of seven will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until a ruler— the Anointed One— comes. Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses, despite the perilous times.“ After this period of sixty two sets of seven, the Anointed One will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and a ruler will arise whose armies will destroy the city and the Temple. The end will come with a flood, and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end.

“ But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.

“ Starting with Samuel, every prophet spoke about what is happening today.You are the children of those prophets, and you are included in the covenant God promised to your ancestors. For God said to Abraham,‘ Through your descendants all the families on earth will be blessed.’When God raised up his servant, Jesus, he sent him first to you people of Israel, to bless you by turning each of you back from your sinful ways.”

At that time Jesus prayed this prayer:“ O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike.

“ Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

I will shake all the nations, and the treasures of all the nations will be brought to this Temple. I will fill this place with glory, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.