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A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.

And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible.

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone.

You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.

Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing.

But he, answering, said to them, See you not all these things? truly I say to you that here there will not be one stone resting on another, which will not be pulled down.

And news will come to you of wars and talk of wars: do not be troubled, for these things have to be; but it is still not the end.

But all these things are the first of the troubles.

But he who goes through to the end will get salvation.

But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.

And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.

But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:

Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

But of that day and hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father only.

But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.

But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;

But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lights.

But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him.