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Luke 12:55

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When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it happens.

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Luke 12:55 in other translations

And when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say, There will be a scorching heat; and it cometh to pass.

Luke 12:55 · American Standard Version

Luke 12:55 in context

  1. 53They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
  2. 54He said to the multitudes also, “When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it happens.
  3. 55When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it happens.
  4. 56You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don’t interpret this time?
  5. 57Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?