◄ Luke 12:55 ►
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Good News Translation
And when you feel the south wind blowing, you say that it is going to get hot--and it does.

New Revised Standard Version
And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat’; and it happens.

Contemporary English Version
When the south wind blows, you say, "It's going to get hot," and it does.

New American Bible
and when you notice that the wind is blowing from the south you say that it is going to be hot—and so it is.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when ye see the south wind blow, you say: There will heat. And it cometh to pass.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when ye see the south wind blow, you say: There will heat. And it cometh to pass.

Job 37:17 Are not thy garments hot, when the south wind blows upon the earth?

Context
Interpreting the Present Time
54And he said also to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising from the west, presently you say: A shower is coming. And so it happeneth. 55And when ye see the south wind blow, you say: There will heat. And it cometh to pass. 56You hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the heaven and of the earth: but how is it that you do not discern this time?…
Cross References
Matthew 6:3
But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth.

Matthew 20:12
Saying: These last have worked but one hour. and thou hast made them equal to us, that have borne the burden of the day and the heats.

Luke 12:54
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