"Othershave beenwith those who rebelagainst the light;They do not want to knowits waysNorabidein its paths.
"So she arosein the middleof the nightand tookmy sonfrom besideme while your maidservantslept,and laidhim in her bosom,and laidher deadsonin my bosom.
"From the citymengroan,And the soulsof the woundedcryout; Yet Goddoes not payattentionto folly.
"The murdererarisesat dawn;He killsthe poorand the needy,And at nighthe is as a thief.
"In the darkthey diginto houses,They shutthemselves up by day;They do not knowthe light.
That it might takeholdof the endsof the earth,And the wickedbe shakenout of it?
"From the wickedtheir lightis withheld,And the upliftedarmis broken.
"By daythey meetwith darkness,And gropeat noonas in the night.
The wayof the wickedis like darkness;They do not knowover whatthey stumble.
SoJesussaidto them, "For a littlewhilelongerthe Lightis amongyou. Walkwhileyou havethe Light,sothat darknesswill not overtakeyou; he who walksin the darknessdoes not knowwherehe goes.
"HE HAS BLINDEDTHEIR EYESAND HE HARDENEDTHEIR HEART,SOTHAT THEY WOULD NOT SEEWITH THEIR EYESAND PERCEIVEWITH THEIR HEART,AND BE CONVERTEDAND I HEALTHEM."
"Ifanyonedoes not abidein Me, he is thrownawayas a branchand driesup; and they gatherthem, and castthem into the fireand they are burned.
SoJesuswas sayingto thoseJewswho had believedHim, "Ifyou continuein My word,[then] you are trulydisciplesof Mine;
"You are of [your] fatherthe devil,and you wantto dothe desiresof your father.He was a murdererfrom the beginning,and does not standin the truthbecausethere is notruthin him. Wheneverhe speaksa lie,he speaksfrom his own[nature], for he is a liarand the fatherof lies.
and although they knowthe ordinanceof God,that thosewho practicesuch thingsare worthyof death,they not onlydothe same,but alsogive hearty approvalto thosewho practicethem.
Therefore,to one who knows[the] right thingto doand does not doit, to him it is sin.
They wentout from us, but they were not [really] of us; for ifthey had beenof us, they would have remainedwith us; but [they went out], sothat it would be shownthat they allare not of us.
And angelswho did not keeptheir owndomain,but abandonedtheir properabode,He has keptin eternalbondsunderdarknessfor the judgmentof the greatday,
