KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Matthew 16:2–3
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Matthew 16:2
2He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
2He answered, and said vnto them, When it is euening, yee say, It will bee faire weather: for the skie is red.
Matthew 16:3
3And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
3And in the morning, It will be foule weather to day: for the skie is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, yee can discerne the face of the skie, but can ye not discerne the signes of the times?
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DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 16:2
Replied or responded; spoke in answer to a person, statement, or situation.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The state or condition of the air or atmosphere.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The aerial region which surrounds the earth; the apparent arch or vault of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Of the color of blood or fire; ruddy or crimson, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 16:3
Dirty, unclean, polluted, offensive, corrupt, or contrary to what is fair and right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The state or condition of the air or atmosphere.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The period of light between morning and evening; a complete daily cycle; or a specified time, age, or season, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The aerial region which surrounds the earth; the apparent arch or vault of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Of the color of blood or fire; ruddy or crimson, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
hypocrites
Persons who pretend to virtue or godliness while concealing contrary character or conduct.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To see or understand the difference; to make distinction.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 2
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Open the full verse study54¶ And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
55And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
56Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
From verse 3
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Open the full verse study56Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
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Open the full verse study32And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
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Open the full verse study15The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
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Open the full verse study5The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
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Open the full verse study44Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
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Open the full verse study7Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
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Open the full verse study18But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
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Open the full verse study13¶ But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
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Open the full verse study23¶ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
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Open the full verse study5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
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