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"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,

For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.

And you are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.

For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.

And unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

For false christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

For just as the lightning comes from the east and appears even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

For just as the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.

For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,

"Therefore stay awake, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.

For this reason you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will.

But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My master is not coming for a long time,'

For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them,

And the foolish said to the prudent, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

But the prudent answered, saying, ‘No, there will not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.'

And later the other virgins also *came, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open up for us.'