Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

⁴¹ Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of the noise of rain.” ⁴² So Ahab went up to eat and to drink while Elijah went to the top of Carmel, bent down to the earth, and put his face between his knees. ⁴³ Then he said to his servant, “Please go and look in the direction of the sea.” So he went up and looked; then he said, “There is nothing.” Then he said, “Go back,” seven times. ⁴⁴ It happened that at the seventh time, he said, “Look, there is a small cloud, as the hand of a man, coming up from the sea.” Then Elijah said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Harness your horses and go down, lest the rain stop you.’” ⁴⁵ In no time^[a] the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was heavy rain. Ahab rode and he went to Jezreel, ⁴⁶ but the hand of Yahweh was on Elijah; he girded up his loins and ran before Ahab as one comes to Jezreel.

The Signs of the Times

16 And when^[a] the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test him,^[b] they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. ² So he answered and^[c] said to them, “When^[d] evening comes you say, ‘It will be fair weather because the sky is red,’ ³ and early in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy weather, because the sky is red and^[e] darkening.’ You know how to evaluate correctly the appearance of the sky, but you are not able to evaluate^[f] the signs of the times. ⁴ An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, and a sign will not be given to it except the sign of Jonah!” And he left them and^[g] went away.