And in the morning, ye say, 'Today shall be foul weather,' and that because the sky is cloudy and red. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the fashion of the sky: and can ye not discern the signs of the times?

Hypocrites, ye can skill of the fashion of the earth, and of the sky: but what is the cause, that ye cannot skill of this time?

Yea, and why judge ye not of yourselves, what is right?

He answered and said unto them, "At even ye say, 'We shall have fair weather,' and that because the sky is red:

"When he commandeth the snow, it falleth upon the earth: As soon as he giveth the rain a charge, immediately the showers have their strength, and fall down.

He that regardeth the wind, shall not sow; and he that hath respect unto the clouds, shall not reap.

Then said he to the people, "When ye see a cloud rise out of the west straightway ye say, 'We shall have a shower,' and so it is.

At the breath of God, the frost cometh, and the waters are shed abroad.

Gold is brought out of the North, but the praise and honour of God's fear cometh from God himself.

These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophesying: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all manner plagues, as often as they will.

I know a man in Christ above fourteen years agone - whether he were in the body I cannot tell, or whether he were out of the body I cannot tell; God knoweth - which was taken up into the third heaven.

fire and hail, snow and vapors, wind and storm, fulfilling his word;

If we live, we live to be at the Lord's will. And if we die, we die at the Lord's will.

And I know the same man - whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell; God knoweth -

What then? So that Christ be preached all manner ways, whether it be by occasion, or of true meaning, I therein joy: Yea and will joy.

He maketh the storm to cease, so that the waves are still.

whether it be to punish any land, or to do good unto them, that seek him.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."

Some there are which preach Christ of envy and strife, and some of goodwill.

And all things, whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the father by him.

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and be withered even as the green herb.

He sendeth fear upon every man, that they might know their own works.

and great earthquakes shall be in all quarters, and hunger, and pestilence, and fearful things. And great signs shall there be from heaven.

And after that, I saw four angels stand on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the winds should not blow on the earth, neither on the sea, neither on any tree.

All these are the beginning of sorrows.

He distributeth also on every side, according as it pleaseth him to deal out his works, that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them through the whole world:

in labour and travail, in watching often, in hunger, in thirst, in fastings often, in cold and in nakedness.

And the men marveled and said, "What man is this, that both winds and sea obey him?"

Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the praise of God.

And the men raged in great heat, and spake evil of the name of God which hath power over those plagues, and they repented not, to give him glory.

Wentest thou ever into the treasures of the snow? Or hast thou seen the secret places of the hail,

Thou, O God sendest a gracious rain upon thine inheritance, and refreshest it when it is dry.

Whoso singeth a song to a heavy heart, clotheth him with rags in the cold, and poureth vinegar upon chalk.

"See that ye gather not treasure together upon the earth, where rust and moths corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Nevertheless whether the grass wither, or the flower fade away: Yet the word of our God endureth forever."