²⁵ And he shall speak words against the Most High [God] and shall wear out the saints of the Most High and think to change the time [of sacred feasts and holy days] and the law; and the saints shall be given into his hand for a time, two times, and half a time [three and one-half years].^(A)

³⁰ And you shall love the Lord your God ^[a]out of and with your whole heart and out of and with all your soul (your ^[b]life) and out of and with all your mind (with ^[c]your faculty of thought and your moral understanding) and out of and with all your strength. ^[d]This is the first and principal commandment.^(A)

³¹ The second is like it and is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.^(A)

³ The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch upon the evil and the good.^(A)

²⁰ Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!