Matthew 16:1-4 - The Signs Of The Times

¹ Here the Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and, to test Jesus, requested him to show them some sign from the heavens.

² But Jesus answered: [ "In the evening you say 'It will be fine weather, for the sky is as red as fire.' ³ But in the morning you say 'To-day it will be stormy, for the sky is as red as fire and threatening.' You learn to read the sky; yet you are unable to read the signs of the times!] ⁴ A wicked and unfaithful generation is asking for a sign, but no sign shall be given it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and went away.

⁵⁴ And to the people Jesus said: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once 'There is a storm coming,' and come it does. ⁵⁵ And when you see that the wind is in the south, you say 'It will be burning hot,' and so it proves. ⁵⁶ Hypocrites! You know how to judge of the earth and the sky; how is it, then, that you cannot judge of this time?