:TEXT: "he answered by saying to them, "When it is evening, plyou say, '[It will be] fair weather; for the sky is red.' ·And in the morning, '[It will be] stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.' plYou know [how] to discern the appearance of the sky, but plyou cannot [discern] the signs of the times. ·An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign" : C D K L N W Delta Theta Pi f1 33 565 700 892 1010 1241 Byz Lect lat vg syr(p,h) few cop(north) : KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEBn TEV RANK: DNOTES: "he answered by saying to them, "·An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign" : S B X f13 157 1216 syr(c,s) most cop : ASVn RSVn NASVn NIVn NEB TEVnCOMMENTS: The words that are missing from some manuscripts are in brackets in the UBS text. It has been argued that these words were added from the parallel in Luke 12:54-56. However, the lack of exact correspondence with the passage in Luke argues against this, especially since the text here as included contains only two minor variations. Much more variation could be expected if the text had been paraphrased from Luke. It is probable that the words were omitted by copyists who live in climates, such as Egypt, where a red sky in the morning does not mean that it will rain.