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Matthew 16:3

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE

And in the morning you say, 'It's gonna storm today — look how red and cloudy the sky is.' You hypocrites, you can read the weather perfectly, but you can't recognize what's happening right in front of you spiritually?

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

You can predict the weather but miss what God is doing — priorities, people.

📜 Historical ContextWhy was this verse written?

The Gospel of Matthew was likely written by a Jewish Christian, traditionally Matthew, for a community of Jewish believers, possibly in Syria, sometime between 7

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