And Jesus answered and said to them: "Take heed that no one deceives you.

"For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

"See, I have told you beforehand.

And Jesus, answering them, began to say: "Take heed that no one deceives you.

"For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am [He,'] and will deceive many.

"But watch out for yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be beaten in the synagogues. You will be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony to them.

"But take heed; see, I have told you all things beforehand.

And He said: "Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am [He,'] and, 'The time has drawn near.' Therefore do not go after them.

looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;

"Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.

Have you suffered so many things in vain -- if indeed [it was] in vain?

I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain.

Nevertheless, to [the degree] that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.

But recall the former days in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings:

Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.

"Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.

Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever.

"And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

If anyone's work which he has built on [it] endures, he will receive a reward.

Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.