At that time Jesus answered and said: "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and wary, and hast revealed them to the children.

and at dawn you say, 'It will storm today, for the sky is red and lowering.' You know how to discern the look of the sky, but the signs of the times you cannot read.

"Learn from the fig tree, her parable; when her branches are become soft, and put forth leaves, you know that summer is near;

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exclaiming. "Oh that at this time you knew, yes, even you, on what your peace depends! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

"Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and his successors, all that have spoken, have also told of those days.

But when the fulness of time was come God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under law,

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"How is it that you do not perceive that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware off the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"