^{25 Ref} `And now, lo, I have known that no more shall ye see my face, -- ye all among whom I did go preaching the reign of God;

^{26 Ref} wherefore I take you to witness this day, that I `am' clear from the blood of all,

^{27 Ref} for I did not keep back from declaring to you all the counsel of God.

^{28 Ref} `Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,

^{29 Ref} for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,

^{30 Ref} and of your own selves there shall arise men, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

^{31 Ref} `Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;