The Leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees
1 The Pharisees and Sadducees approached, 16:1–12 Mt 12:38–39; Mk 8:11–21; Lk 12:54–56 and tested him, asking him to show them a sign from heaven. 16:1 Lk 11:16; 1Co 1:222 He replied, "When evening comes you say, ‘It will be good weather because the sky is red.’ 3 And in the morning, ‘Today will be stormy because the sky is red and threatening.’ You 16:3 Other mss read Hypocrites! Youknow how to read the appearance of the sky, but you can’t read the signs of the times. 16:2–3 Other mss omit When (v. 2) through end of v. 34 An evil and adulterous generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of 16:4 Other mss add the prophetJonah." 16:4 Mt 4:13; 21:17; Lk 11:29 Then he left them and went away.