Matthew 16:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 12:56 : 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?
  • 1 Chr 12:32 : 32 And of the children of Issachar, there were two hundred chiefs, men who had expert knowledge of the times and what it was best for Israel to do, and all their brothers were under their orders.
  • Matt 4:23 : 23 And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and making well those who were ill with any disease among the people.
  • Matt 7:5 : 5 You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.
  • Matt 15:7 : 7 You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,
  • Matt 22:18 : 18 But Jesus saw their trick and said, Oh false ones, why are you attempting to put me in the wrong?
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.
  • Luke 11:44 : 44 A curse is on you! for you are like the resting-places of dead men, which are not seen, and men go walking over them without knowledge of it.
  • Luke 13:15 : 15 But the Lord gave him an answer and said, O you false men! do you not, every one of you, on the Sabbath, let loose his ox and his ass and take it to the water?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 16:1-2
    2 verses
    89%

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

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

  • Luke 12:54-57
    4 verses
    87%

    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?

    57 And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right?

  • Matt 16:4
    74%

    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.

  • Matt 15:7
    69%

    7 You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,

  • Matt 12:38-40
    3 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:

    40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

  • Luke 12:1
    68%

    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.

  • Mark 13:33
    68%

    33 Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

  • Matt 22:18
    68%

    18 But Jesus saw their trick and said, Oh false ones, why are you attempting to put me in the wrong?

  • Luke 11:29-30
    2 verses
    68%

    29 And when a great number of people came together to him, he said, This generation is an evil generation: it is looking for a sign and no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

    30 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.

  • Matt 6:16
    68%

    16 And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

  • Luke 17:22-24
    3 verses
    68%

    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.

  • Matt 23:28
    67%

    28 Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing.

  • Luke 21:25
    67%

    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;

  • Mark 13:28-30
    3 verses
    67%

    28 Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near;

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

    30 Truly, I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

  • 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 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 8:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    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.

  • Luke 11:16
    66%

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

  • Matt 25:13
    66%

    13 Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.

  • Matt 24:32-33
    2 verses
    66%

    32 Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;

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

  • Mark 13:4
    66%

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

  • Luke 21:7
    66%

    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 17:30
    66%

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

  • Matt 23:13
    66%

    13 But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

  • Luke 16:15
    65%

    15 And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

  • Luke 19:42
    65%

    42 Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.

  • Matt 6:1-2
    2 verses
    65%

    1 Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

    2 When then you give money to the poor, do not make a noise about it, as the false-hearted men do in the Synagogues and in the streets, so that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, They have their reward.

  • Job 37:21
    65%

    21 And now the light is not seen, for it is dark because of the clouds; but a wind comes, clearing them away.

  • Matt 7:16
    65%

    16 By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?

  • Luke 6:42
    65%

    42 How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye.

  • Mark 13:26
    65%

    26 And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

  • Matt 7:20
    65%

    20 So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.

  • Mark 4:35
    65%

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

  • Luke 6:26
    65%

    26 Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

  • Matt 12:33
    65%

    33 Make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for by its fruit you will get knowledge of the tree.