Matthew 16:2
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But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.

Luke 12:54
And he said also to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising from the west, presently you say: A shower is coming. And so it happeneth.

Matthew 16:3
And in the morning: To day there will be a storm, for the sky is red and lowering. You know then how to discern the face of the sky: and can you not know the signs of the times?

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But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.

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Luke 12:54-56 And he said also to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising from the west, presently you say: A shower is coming. And so it happeneth. . . .

Context
The Demand for a Sign
1And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven. 2But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red. 3And in the morning: To day there will be a storm, for the sky is red and lowering. You know then how to discern the face of the sky: and can you not know the signs of the times?…
Lexicon
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

He replied,
ἀποκριθεὶς (apokritheis)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 611: From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.

“When evening
Ὀψίας (Opsias)
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3798: Late, evening. From opse; late; feminine afternoon or nightfall.

comes,
γενομένης (genomenēs)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

you say,
λέγετε (legete)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

‘The weather [will be] fair,
Εὐδία (Eudia)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2105: Fair weather, good weather. Feminine from eu and the alternate of Zeus; a clear sky, i.e. Fine weather.

for
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sky
οὐρανός (ouranos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.

is red;’
πυρράζει (pyrrazei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4449: To be red, fire-colored. From purrhos; to redden.


Additional Translations
But He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky is red,’

And answering He said to them, "Evening having come, you say, 'Fair weather, for the sky is red,'

He answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.

But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is red.

But he answering said to them, When evening is come, ye say, Fine weather, for the sky is red;

But he answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is red.

He answered and said to them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.

He replied, "In the evening you say, 'It will be fine weather, for the sky is red;'

But he answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'

and he answering said to them, 'Evening having come, ye say, Fair weather, for the heaven is red,
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