56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
56 Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don't know how to interpret this present time?
56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
56 Frauds! You know how to tell a change in the weather, so don't tell me you can't tell a change in the season, the God-season we're in right now.
56 Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?
56 You fools! You know how to interpret the weather signs of the earth and sky, but you don't know how to interpret the present times.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 12:56
Commentary on Luke 12:54-59
(Read Luke 12:54-59)
Christ would have the people to be as wise in the concerns of their souls as they are in outward affairs. Let them hasten to obtain peace with God before it is too late. If any man has found that God has set himself against him concerning his sins, let him apply to him as God in Christ reconciling the world to himself. While we are alive, we are in the way, and now is our time.