Pharisees Test Jesus

1 (A)The (B)Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they (C)asked Him to show them a (a)sign from heaven. 2 But He replied to them, (b)(D)When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 3 And in the morning, ‘There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ (E)Do you know how to discern the (c)appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times? 4 (F)An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a (d)sign; and a (e)sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah.” And He left them and went away.

Footnotes:

a. Matthew 16:1: ['Or ', attesting miracle]
b. Matthew 16:2: ['Early mss do not contain the rest of v 2 and v 3']
c. Matthew 16:3: ['Lit ', face]
d. Matthew 16:4: ['Or ', attesting miracle]
e. Matthew 16:4: ['Or ', attesting miracle]

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