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And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.

Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like whited sepulchres, which appear beautiful outwardly, but within are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.

Thus also *ye*, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

But ye will hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that ye be not disturbed; for all [these things] must take place, but it is not yet the end.

But all these [are the] beginning of throes.

but he that has endured to the end, *he* shall be saved.

But woe to those that are with child, and those that give suck in those days.

But pray that your flight may not be in winter time nor on sabbath:

and if those days had not been cut short, no flesh had been saved; but on account of the elect those days shall be cut short.

But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

But learn the parable from the fig-tree: When already its branch becomes tender and produces leaves, ye know that the summer is near.

The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.

But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of the heavens, but [my] Father alone.

But as the days of Noe, so also shall be the coming of the Son of man.

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched and not have suffered his house to be dug through [into].

But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,

but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches.

But in [the] middle of [the] night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him.