See, I have told you beforehand.
“These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble.
But it will turn out for you as an occasion for testimony.
“Behold, I send 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 rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
“Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it.
I have told you before, and foretell as if I were present the second time, and now being absent I write to those who have sinned before, and to all the rest, that if I come again I will not spare—
