Behold, I have told you beforehand.
Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore discerning as serpents, and pure as doves.
For false Christs, and false prophets, shall be raised up, and give great signs and wonders; so as to deceive, if possible, also the chosen.
If therefore they should say to you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth; Behold, in the store-houses, believe ye not.
And it shall turn out to you for a testimony.
These have I spoken, that ye should not be offended.
I have said before, and say beforehand, as being present the second; and being away now I write to them having sinned before, and to all the rest, that, if I should come again, I will not spare:
