See, I have told you beforehand.
“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
For false christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
“So, if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert,’ do not go there; or, ‘Look, He is in the private chambers,’ do not believe it.
It will turn out as a testimony for you.
“I have spoken these things to you so that you will not fall away.
I told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time. And being absent now, I write to those who have sinned before, and to all the others, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone,
