Matthew 16:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But in answer he said to them, At nightfall you say, The weather will be good, for the sky is red.

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  • Luke 12:54-56 : 54 Then he said to the people, When you see a cloud coming up in the west, straight away you say, There will be rain; and so it is. 55 And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, There will be heat; and so it is. 56 O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is clear to you; how is it that the signs of these times are not as clear to you?

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  • Matt 16:3-4
    2 verses
    89%

    3 And in the morning, The weather will be bad today, for the sky is red and angry. You are able to see the face of heaven, but not the signs of the times.

    4 An evil and false generation is searching after a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. And he went away from them.

  • Luke 12:54-56
    3 verses
    78%

    54 Then he said to the people, When you see a cloud coming up in the west, straight away you say, There will be rain; and so it is.

    55 And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, There will be heat; and so it is.

    56 O false ones! the face of the earth and the heaven is clear to you; how is it that the signs of these times are not as clear to you?

  • Matt 16:1
    77%

    1 And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.

  • Mark 8:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11 And the Pharisees came out and put questions to him, requesting from him a sign from heaven, testing him.

    12 And he was very sad in spirit, and said, Why is this generation looking for a sign? truly, I say to you, No sign will be given to this generation.

  • Mark 4:35
    70%

    35 And on that day, when the evening had come, he said to them, Let us go over to the other side.

  • John 6:16-18
    3 verses
    70%

    16 When evening came the disciples went down to the sea;

    17 And they took a boat and went across the sea in the direction of Capernaum. By then it was dark and still Jesus had not come to them.

    18 The sea was getting rough because of a strong wind which was blowing.

  • Luke 21:7
    69%

    7 And they said to him, Master, when will these things be? and what sign will there be when these events are to take place?

  • Luke 17:22-24
    3 verses
    69%

    22 And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.

    23 And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.

    24 For as in a thunderstorm the bright light is seen from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be when his time comes.

  • Mark 11:31
    68%

    31 And they gave thought to it among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not have faith in him?

  • Matt 12:38-39
    2 verses
    68%

    38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees, hearing this, said to him, Master, we are looking for a sign from you.

    39 But he, answering, said to them, An evil and false generation is looking for a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of the prophet Jonah:

  • Luke 11:16
    68%

    16 And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him.

  • Mark 13:4
    68%

    4 Say when these things will be, and what will be the sign when these things are all about to be done.

  • Luke 20:5
    68%

    5 And they said among themselves, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why did you not have faith in him?

  • Matt 8:26-27
    2 verses
    68%

    26 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

    27 And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?

  • Mark 6:47-48
    2 verses
    68%

    47 And by evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and he by himself on the land.

    48 And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;

  • Mark 4:40
    67%

    40 And he said to them, Why are you full of fear? have you still no faith?

  • Matt 12:2
    67%

    2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, See, your disciples do that which it is not right to do on the Sabbath.

  • Matt 14:24
    67%

    24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, and was troubled by the waves: for the wind was against them.

  • Mark 13:24
    67%

    24 But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light,

  • Luke 8:22
    67%

    22 Now it came about on one of those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat.

  • Matt 16:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    11 How is it that you do not see that I was not talking to you about bread, but about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

    12 Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

  • Luke 20:3
    67%

    3 And in answer he said to them, I will put a question to you, and do you give me an answer:

  • Luke 16:14
    67%

    14 And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.

  • Luke 12:1
    67%

    1 At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.

  • Luke 21:30-31
    2 verses
    67%

    30 When they put out their young leaves, you take note of it, and it is clear to you that summer is coming.

    31 In the same way, when you see these things taking place you may be certain that the kingdom of God is near.

  • Mark 11:19
    67%

    19 And every evening he went out of the town.

  • Mark 2:24
    66%

    24 And the Pharisees said to him, Why are they doing what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

  • Mark 6:35
    66%

    35 And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:

  • Mark 13:29
    66%

    29 Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

  • Luke 17:30
    66%

    30 So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.

  • Matt 14:32
    66%

    32 And when they had got into the boat, the wind went down.

  • John 16:19
    66%

    19 Jesus saw that they had a desire to put the question to him, so he said to them, Is this what you are questioning one with another, why I said, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me?

  • Luke 8:25
    66%

    25 And he said to them, Where is your faith? And fear and wonder overcame them, and they said to one another, Who then is this, who gives orders even to the winds and the water and they do what he says?

  • Luke 9:34
    66%

    34 And while he said these things, the shade of a cloud came over them, and they were full of fear when they went into the cloud.

  • Luke 21:25
    66%

    25 And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves;

  • Luke 6:2
    66%

    2 But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what it is not right to do on the Sabbath?

  • Matt 22:41
    66%

    41 Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put a question to them, saying,