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Luke 12:55 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it happens. "
Luke 12:55
Verse in Context
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53 They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
54 He said to the multitudes also, “When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it happens.
55 When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it happens.
56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don’t interpret this time?
57 “Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
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Luke 12:1
"Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy."
Luke 12:2
"But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known."
Luke 12:3
"Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops."
Luke 12:4
"“I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do."
Luke 12:5
"But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him."
Luke 12:6
"“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God."
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