Luke 12:56 meaning and explanation

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?

Luke 12:56, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is speaking to the crowds who have gathered around him, and he has just noted that they can read the weather by the sky but not the times. The word he uses for "interpret" is dokimazo, meaning to test or discern.

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