<t /><p class="bodytext">Dear friends, do not believe every spirit,<n id="1" /> but test<n id="2" /> the spirits<n id="3" /> to determine<n id="4" /> if they are from God, because many false prophets<n id="5" /> have gone out into the world.

For<n id="1" /> many deceivers have gone out into the world, people who do not confess Jesus as<n id="2" /> Christ<n id="3" /> coming in the flesh.<n id="4" /> This person is the deceiver and the antichrist!<n id="5" />

They had breastplates<n id="1" /> like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots charging into battle.

<p class="bodytext">After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,p>

His eyes are like a fiery<n id="1" /> flame and there are many diadem crowns<n id="2" /> on his head. He has<n id="3" /> a name written<n id="4" /> that no one knows except himself.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> he came down with them and stood on a level place.<n id="2" /> And a large number<n id="3" /> of his disciples had gathered<n id="4" /> along with<n id="5" /> a vast multitude from all over Judea, from<n id="6" /> Jerusalem,<n id="7" /> and from the seacoast of Tyre<n id="8" /> and Sidon.<n id="9" /> They came to hear him and to be healed<n id="10" /> of their diseases,

<p class="bodytext">But when he saw many Pharisees<n id="1" /> and Sadducees<n id="2" /> coming to his baptism, he said to them, &#8220;You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

For I tell you the truth,<n id="1" /> many prophets and righteous people longed to see<n id="2" /> what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">From that time on<n id="1" /> Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem<n id="2" /> and suffer<n id="3" /> many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law,<n id="4" /> and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

His master answered,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.&#8217;

His master answered, &#8216;Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful with a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.&#8217;

<t /><p class="bodytext">While he was still speaking, Judas,<n id="1" /> one of the twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and elders of the people.

As<n id="1" /> he was sitting on the judgment seat,<n id="2" /> his wife sent a message<n id="3" /> to him:<n id="4" /> &#8220;Have nothing to do with that innocent man;<n id="5" /> I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream<n id="6" /> about him today.&#8221;

But as the man<n id="1" /> went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus<n id="2" /> was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still<n id="3" /> they kept coming<n id="4" /> to him from everywhere.p>

because Herod stood in awe of<n id="1" /> John and protected him, since he knew that John<n id="2" /> was a righteous and holy man. When Herod<n id="3" /> heard him, he was thoroughly baffled,<n id="4" /> and yet<n id="5" /> he liked to listen to John.<n id="6" />p>

He said to them, &#8220;Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while&#8221; (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat).

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer<n id="3" /> many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law,<n id="4" /> and be killed, and after three days rise again.

He said to them, &#8220;Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised?

Then<n id="1" /> Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, &#8220;Listen carefully:<n id="2" /> This child<n id="3" /> is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising<n id="4" /> of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.<n id="5" />

But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah&#8217;s days,<n id="1" /> when the sky<n id="2" /> was shut up three and a half years, and<n id="3" /> there was a great famine over all the land.