Synoptic Sayings - Signs of the Season

SIGNS of the SEASON
141a	Matt 16	Mark	204	Luke 12
2	He answered them,		54	He also said to the multitudes,
	"When it is evening,			"When you see a cloud rising in the west,
	you say,			you say at once
	`It will be fair weather;
	for the sky is red.'
3	And in the morning,
	`It will be stormy today,			'A shower is coming';
	for the sky is red and threatening.'
				and so it happens.
			55	And when you see the south wind blowing
				you say
				'There will be scorching heat';
				and it happens.
			56	You hypocrites!
	You know how to interpret			You know how to <assess>
	the appearance of the sky,			the appearance of earth and sky,
	but you cannot interpret			but you do not know how to <assess>
	the signs of the times.			the present time.

Color Code
Teal	Two texts use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel element in this gospel.
<assess>	Word in RSV revised to reflect Greek.
141a	Sequence in synoptic outlines

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