“Behold, I have told you beforehand.
“Behold, I send you out as sheep amongst wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
For false messiahs and false prophets will arise, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
“If therefore they tell you, ‘Behold, he is in the wilderness,’ don’t go out; or ‘Behold, he is in the inner rooms,’ don’t believe it.
It will turn out as a testimony for you.
“I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.
I have warned previously, and I warn again, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now and to all the rest that if I come again, I will not spare,
