Remember, I have told you ahead of time.
“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
So then, if someone says to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him.
This will be a time for you to serve as witnesses.
“I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.
I said before when I was present the second time and now, though absent, I say again to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone,
