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"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son,

"Now when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who wasn't dressed for a wedding; so he asked him,

for many are invited, but few are chosen."

Now in the Resurrection — of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all married her."

For in the Resurrection, neither men nor women will marry; rather, they will be like angels in heaven.

And as for whether the dead are resurrected, haven't you read what God said to you,

Everything they do is done to be seen by others; for they make their t'fillin broad and their tzitziyot long,

for whoever promotes himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be promoted.

"But woe to you hypocritical Torah-teachers and P'rushim! For you are shutting the Kingdom of Heaven in people's faces, neither entering yourselves nor allowing those who wish to enter to do so.

"Woe to you hypocritical Torah-teachers and P'rushim! You go about over land and sea to make one proselyte; and when you succeed, you make him twice as fit for Gei-Hinnom as you are!

"Woe to you hypocritical Torah-teachers and P'rushim! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the tzaddikim,

And so, on you will fall the guilt for all the innocent blood that has ever been shed on earth, from the blood of innocent Hevel to the blood of Z'kharyah Ben-Berekhyah, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.

For I tell you, from now on, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of Adonai .' "

For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah!' and they will lead many astray.

For peoples will fight each other, nations will fight each other, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various parts of the world;

"that will be the time for those in Y'hudah to escape to the hills.

What a terrible time it will be for pregnant women and nursing mothers!

For there will be trouble then worse than there has ever been from the beginning of the world until now, and there will be nothing like it again!

Indeed, if the length of this time had not been limited, no one would survive; but for the sake of those who have been chosen, its length will be limited.

For there will appear false Messiahs and false prophets performing great miracles — amazing things! — so as to fool even the chosen, if possible.