Interpreting the Times and Settling with Adversaries
Luke 12:54-59
54He was saying then also to the crowds, "Whenever you see a cloud rising upon the west, immediately you say that a rainstorm is coming, and so it happens."55And whenever the south wind is blowing, you say that there will be heat, and it happens.56Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven, but you do not know how to interpret this time.57And why do you not judge what is just from yourselves?58For as you are going with your opponent to a ruler on the road, make an effort to be released from him, lest he drag you away to the judge; and the judge will hand you over to the bailiff, and the bailiff will throw you into prison.59I say to you, you will certainly not come out from there until you have paid even the last lepton.