Matthew 16:1-4

The Signs of the Times

1 And [when] the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test [him], they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

2 So he answered [and] said to them, "[When] evening comes you say, '[It will be] fair weather because the sky is red,'

3 and early in the morning, 'Today [it will be] stormy weather, because the sky is red [and] darkening.' You know how to evaluate correctly the appearance of the sky, but you are not able [to evaluate] the signs of the times.

4 An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, and a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah!" And he left them [and] went away.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("came") which is understood as temporal
• [b]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [c]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb
• [d]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("comes")
• [e]. *Here "[and]" is supplied in the translation because of English style
• [f]. *Here "[to evaluate]" is an implied repetition of the verb earlier in the verse
• [g]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("left") has been translated as a finite verb