See, I have told you beforehand.
“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and show great signs and wonders so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen.
“So if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out. Or, ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.
This will lead you to be a witness.
“I have spoken these things to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.
I spoke a warning, when I was with you the second time. Though now I am away, I am again speaking a warning to those who have sinned before, as well as to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone—
