¹⁴ Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this.

³⁰ Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

Interpreting the Times

⁵⁴ He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, ‘It’s going to rain,’ and it does.^{(A) 55} And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It’s going to be hot,’ and it is. ⁵⁶ Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?^(B)

⁵⁷ “Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

¹⁰ Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.

⁹ He said, “Go^(A) and tell this people:

Psalm 49^[a]

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

²⁸ Micaiah declared, “If you ever return safely, the Lord has not spoken^(A) through me.” Then he added, “Mark my words, all you people!”