⁶⁴ So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body^(A) and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”

¹³ telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away^(A) while we were asleep.’

⁴⁵ Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.^(A) That is how it will be with this wicked generation.”