Behold, I have told you in advance.
“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves.
For false christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
Therefore, if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them.
It will result in an opportunity for your testimony.
“These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.
I have previously said when present the second time, and though now absent I say in advance to those who have sinned in the past and to all the rest as well, that if I come again I will not spare anyone,
