Luke 12:55
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 Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.
And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.
56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?
57 And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.
- KJV
- And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
- WEB
- When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it happens.
- ASV
- And when [ye see] a south wind blowing, ye say, There will be a scorching heat; and it cometh to pass.
- DARBY
- And when [ye see] the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it happens.
- BLB
- And when a south wind is blowing, you⁺ say, ‘There will be heat,’ and it happens.
- ÅB
- og når dere ser det blåser sønnenvind, sier dere: Det blir hete, og det blir så.
- OTB
- Og når dere føler en sønnavind blåse, sier dere, ‘Det blir varmt,’ og det blir det.
- B1930
- og når I ser det blåser sønnenvind, sier I: Det blir hete, og det blir så.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 20:12
‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
Read in contextJob 37:17
You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
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