Matthew 16:2

1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

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

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?

4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

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ÅB
Men han svarte dem: «Når det er blitt kveld sier dere: ‘Det blir godt vær, for himmelen er rød’;
OTB
Han svarte, “Om kvelden sier dere, ‘Det blir fint vær, for himmelen er rød,’
B1930
Men han svarte og sa til dem: Når det er blitt aften, sier I: Det blir godt vær, for himmelen er rød;
BSB
But He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky is red,’
KJV
He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
WEB
But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’
ASV
But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, [It will be] fair weather: for the heaven is red.
DARBY
But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye say, Fine weather, for the sky is red;
BLB
And answering, He said to them, “Evening having come, you⁺ say, ‘Fair weather, for the sky is red,’

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