Then Herod, finding that the Magi had trifled with him, was furious, and sent and massacred all the boys under two years of age, in Bethlehem and all its neighbourhood, according to the date he had so carefully ascertained from the Magi.

And whoever shall speak against the Son of Man may obtain forgiveness; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, neither in this nor in the coming age shall he obtain forgiveness."

He who has received the seed among the thorns is the man who hears the Message, but the cares of the present age and the delusions of riches quite stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.

The enemy who sows the darnel is *the Devil*; the harvest is the Close of the Age; the reapers are the angels.

As then the darnel is collected together and burnt up with fire, so will it be at the Close of the Age.

So will it be at the Close of the Age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

Afterwards He was on the Mount of Olives and was seated there when the disciples came to Him, apart from the others, and said, "Tell us when this will be; and what will be the sign of your Coming and of the Close of the Age?"

and teach them to obey every command which I have given you. And remember, I am with you always, day by day, until the Close of the Age."