¹² And they will go wandering from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, running here and there in search of the word of the Lord, and they will not get it.

⁶ For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil desires,

⁷ Ever learning, and never coming to the knowledge of what is true.

⁶ The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.

²³ Then if any man says to you, See, here is the Christ, or, Here; do not put faith in him;

²⁴ For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.

²⁵ See, I have made it clear to you before it comes about.

²⁶ If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste land; go not out: See, he is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it.

²⁵ At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.

²⁶ Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.

²⁷ All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.

³¹ But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.

³² Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;

³³ As it is said, See, I am putting in Zion a stone causing a fall, and a rock in the way: but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.

⁷ What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.

⁸ As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day.

⁹ And David says, Let their table be made a net for taking them, and a stone in their way, and a punishment:

¹⁰ Let their eyes be made dark so that they may not see, and let their back be bent down at all times.

⁴ But as for you, O Daniel, let the words be kept secret and the book rolled up and kept shut till the time of the end: numbers will be going out of the way and troubles will be increased.

³⁰ Whoever is not with me is against me; and he who does not take part with me in getting people together, is driving them away.