Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

The whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary.

as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago,

Since many are boasting according to human standards, I too will boast.

None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,

and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

As the weeds are collected and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous

So Jesus said to them, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began.

Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who intervenes for those who wait for him.

For in those days there will be suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, or ever will happen.

But those who are regarded as worthy to share in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.

Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,

So I again considered another futile thing on earth:

“Son of man, wail over the horde of Egypt. Bring it down; bring her and the daughters of powerful nations down to the lower parts of the earth, along with those who descend to the pit.

And in his name the Gentiles will hope.”

God saw the earth, and indeed it was ruined, for all living creatures on the earth were sinful.