Mark 13:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way.

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  • Matt 24:24 : 24 For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.
  • Mark 13:6 : 6 People will come in my name, saying, I am he; and a number will be turned from the true way.
  • John 4:48 : 48 Then Jesus said to him, You will not have faith if you do not see signs and wonders.
  • Rev 13:13-14 : 13 And he does great signs, even making fire come down from heaven on the earth before the eyes of men. 14 And those who are on the earth are turned from the true way by him through the signs which he was given power to do before the beast; giving orders to those who are on the earth to make an image to the beast, who was wounded by the sword, and came to life.
  • Rev 17:8 : 8 The beast which you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the great deep, and to go into destruction. And those who are on the earth, whose names have not been put in the book of life from the first, will be full of wonder when they see the beast, that he was, and is not, and still will be.
  • Matt 7:15 : 15 Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.
  • John 10:27-28 : 27 My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me: 28 And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.
  • 2 Thess 2:8-9 : 8 And then will come the revelation of that evil one, whom the Lord Jesus will put to death with the breath of his mouth, and give to destruction by the revelation of his coming; 9 Even the one whose coming is marked by the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, 10 And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation. 11 And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false: 12 So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil. 13 But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true: 14 And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us but they were not of us; if they had been of us they would still be with us: but they went out from us so that it might be made clear that they were not of us.
  • 1 John 2:26 : 26 I am writing these things to you about those whose purpose is that you may be turned out of the true way.
  • Rev 13:8 : 8 And all who are on the earth will give him worship, everyone whose name has not been from the first in the book of life of the Lamb who was put to death.

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  • Matt 24:22-26
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    22 And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.

    23 Then if any man says to you, See, here is the Christ, or, Here; do not put faith in him;

    24 For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.

    25 See, I have made it clear to you before it comes about.

    26 If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste land; go not out: See, he is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it.

  • Mark 13:19-21
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    19 For in those days there will be sorrow, such as there has not been from the time when God made the world till now, and will not ever be again.

    20 And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time short.

    21 And then if any man says to you, See, here is Christ; or, See, there; have no faith in it:

  • Matt 24:11
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    11 And a number of false prophets will come, causing error.

  • Mark 13:23
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    23 But take care; see, I have made all things clear to you before the time.

  • Mark 13:4-6
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    4 Say when these things will be, and what will be the sign when these things are all about to be done.

    5 And Jesus said to them, Take care that you are not tricked by anyone.

    6 People will come in my name, saying, I am he; and a number will be turned from the true way.

  • Luke 21:8
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    8 And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.

  • 2 Thess 2:9-11
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    9 Even the one whose coming is marked by the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,

    10 And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.

    11 And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:

  • Matt 24:4-5
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    4 And Jesus said to them in answer, Take care that you are not tricked.

    5 For people will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and a number will be turned from the true way through them.

  • Matt 7:15
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    15 Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.

  • Deut 13:1-2
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    1 If ever you have among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams and he gives you a sign or a wonder,

    2 And the sign or the wonder takes place, and he says to you, Let us go after other gods, which are strange to you, and give them worship;

  • 2 Cor 11:13-14
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    13 For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.

    14 And it is no wonder; for even Satan himself is able to take the form of an angel of light.

  • Luke 17:23
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    23 And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.

  • 1 John 4:1
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    1 My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.

  • Mark 13:25-27
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    25 And the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers which are in the heavens will be moved.

    26 And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

    27 And then he will send out the angels, and will get together his saints from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven.

  • Acts 13:40
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    40 So take care that these words of the prophets do not come true for you;

  • 2 Pet 2:1-2
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    1 But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.

    2 And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.

  • Rev 13:13-14
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    13 And he does great signs, even making fire come down from heaven on the earth before the eyes of men.

    14 And those who are on the earth are turned from the true way by him through the signs which he was given power to do before the beast; giving orders to those who are on the earth to make an image to the beast, who was wounded by the sword, and came to life.

  • 2 Tim 3:13
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    13 Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.

  • Rev 16:14
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    14 For they are evil spirits, working signs; who go out even to the kings of all the earth, to get them together to the war of the great day of God, the Ruler of all.

  • Acts 20:30
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    30 And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.

  • 2 Thess 2:3
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    3 Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith, and the revelation of the man of sin, the son of destruction,

  • Mark 13:14
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    14 But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:

  • Mark 13:8-9
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    8 Nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom: there will be earth-shocks in different places; there will be times when there is no food; these things are the first of the troubles.

    9 But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them.

  • 1 Tim 4:1
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    1 But the Spirit says clearly that in later times some will be turned away from the faith, giving their minds to spirits of deceit, and the teachings of evil spirits,

  • Mark 13:29-30
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    29 Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

    30 Truly, I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

  • Matt 24:15
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    15 When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),

  • Mark 13:12
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    12 And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

  • Mark 13:33
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    33 Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

  • Matt 24:31
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    31 And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

  • Luke 11:16
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    16 And others, testing him, were looking for a sign from heaven from him.

  • Matt 17:22
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    22 And while they were going about in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man will be given up into the hands of men;