Quotes About Interpretation

Then four great beasts came up out of the sea, each one different from the others:

I approached one of those who were standing there, and I asked him the true meaning of all this. So he told me the interpretation of these things:

In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier.

As I was contemplating all this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came out of the west, crossing the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground.

While I, Daniel, was watching the vision and trying to understand it, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man.

And I heard the voice of a man calling from between the banks of the Ulai: “Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.”

The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”

In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision.

ëWe played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.í

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?

and in the morning, ëToday it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.í You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.

Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

“Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Mosesí seat.

So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.”

He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.

Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”

Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.

“What did Moses command you?” He replied.

But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

“What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why donít you know how to interpret the present time?