¹² And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it.

⁶ For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts,

⁷ ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

⁶ A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and `findeth it' not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

²³ Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe `it' not.

²⁴ For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

²⁵ Behold, I have told you beforehand.

²⁶ If therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe `it' not.

²⁵ At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes:

²⁶ yea, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.

²⁷ All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal `him.'

³¹ but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at `that' law.

³² Wherefore? Because `they sought it' not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

³³ even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

⁷ What then? that which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:

⁸ according as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this very day.

⁹ And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, And a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them:

¹⁰ Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.

⁴ But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

³⁰ He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.