But 'alas for you who are rich,' for you have had your comforts in full.

Alas for you who are sated now, for you will hunger. Alas for you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Alas for you when all men speak well of you; for this is what their ancestors did to the false Prophets.

Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For, if the Miracles which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have sat in sackcloth and ashes and repented long ago.

But alas for you Pharisees! You pay tithes on mint, rue, and herbs of all kinds, and pass over justice and love to God. These last you ought to have put into practice without neglecting the first.

Alas for you Pharisees! You delight to have the front seat in the Synagogues, and to be greeted in the markets with respect.

Alas for you! You are like unsuspected graves, over which men walk unawares."

But Jesus went on: "Alas for you, too, you Students of the Law! You load men with loads that are too heavy to carry, but do not, yourselves, touch them with one of your fingers.

Alas for you! You build the monuments of the Prophets whom your ancestors killed.

Alas for you Students of the Law! You have taken away the key of the door of Knowledge. You have not gone in yourselves and you have hindered those who try to go in."

Jesus said to his disciples: "It is inevitable that there should be snares; yet alas for him who is answerable for them!

Alas for the women that are with child, and for those that are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great suffering in the land, and anger against this people.

True, the Son of Man is passing, by the way ordained for him, yet alas for that man by whom he is being betrayed!"