Matthew 24:5

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'For many will come in my name, claiming, "I am the Messiah," and will deceive many.'

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  • Matt 24:24 : 24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
  • 1 John 2:18 : 18 Dear children, it is the last hour. Just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.
  • Matt 24:11 : 11 'And many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.'
  • Jer 14:14 : 14 The LORD said to me: "The prophets are prophesying lies in My name. I did not send them, command them, or speak to them. They are seeing false visions, giving worthless divinations and deceitful messages from their own hearts.
  • Acts 5:36-37 : 36 'Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.' 37 'After him, Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and led a number of people in revolt. He too perished, and all who followed him were scattered.'
  • Acts 8:9-9 : 9 Now there was a man named Simon who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great. 10 Everyone, from the least to the greatest, paid attention to him and said, 'This man is the great power of God.'
  • Rev 13:8 : 8 All those who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose names have not been written in the Lamb's book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world.
  • Jer 23:21 : 21 I did not send these prophets, yet they ran. I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.
  • Jer 23:25 : 25 I have heard what the prophets who prophesy falsely in My name are saying: 'I have dreamed! I have dreamed!'
  • John 5:43 : 43 I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. But if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 13:5-7
    3 verses
    94%

    5Jesus began to say to them, 'Watch out that no one deceives you.'

    6'Many will come in My name, claiming, "I am He," and will deceive many.'

    7When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.

  • Luke 21:7-9
    3 verses
    87%

    7They asked him, 'Teacher, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?'

    8He replied, 'Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, saying, “I am he,” and, “The time is near.” Do not follow them.'

    9When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be terrified. These things must happen first, but the end will not come immediately.

  • Matt 24:9-12
    4 verses
    81%

    9'Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.'

    10'At that time many will turn away from the faith, betray, and hate each other.'

    11'And many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.'

    12'Because of the increase in lawlessness, the love of most will grow cold.'

  • Matt 24:2-4
    3 verses
    80%

    2Jesus said to them, 'Do you see all these things? Truly, I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.'

    3While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, 'Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?'

    4Jesus answered them, 'Watch out that no one deceives you.'

  • Matt 24:23-27
    5 verses
    78%

    23At that time, if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Messiah!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it.

    24For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

    25See, I have told you in advance.

    26So if anyone tells you, 'He is in the wilderness,' do not go out; or 'He is in the inner rooms,' do not believe it.

    27For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Mark 13:21-23
    3 verses
    75%

    21At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or ‘Look, there He is!’ do not believe it.

    22For false messiahs and false prophets will rise and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

    23So be on guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.

  • Matt 7:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

    22Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and cast out demons in Your name, and perform many miracles in Your name?'

  • 2 John 1:7
    70%

    7For many deceivers have gone out into the world—those who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

  • Matt 24:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6'You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.'

    7'Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.'

  • Luke 13:24
    69%

    24'Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

  • Luke 17:23
    68%

    23People will say to you, 'Look, there he is!' or 'Here he is!' Do not go running off after them.

  • John 5:43
    68%

    43I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. But if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.

  • Matt 7:15
    68%

    15Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

  • Matt 24:44
    68%

    44So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

  • 2 Pet 2:2
    66%

    2Many will follow their destructive ways, and because of them, the way of truth will be blasphemed.

  • John 13:19
    66%

    19I am telling you this now before it happens, so that when it does happen, you may believe that I am He.

  • 2 Thess 2:3
    66%

    3Let no one deceive you in any way. That day will not come unless the rebellion takes place first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed—the son of destruction.

  • 2 Cor 11:13
    66%

    13For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

  • Acts 20:30
    66%

    30Even from among your own group, men will rise up, speaking twisted things to draw away the disciples to follow them.

  • Matt 24:15
    66%

    15'So when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),'

  • Matt 24:33-34
    2 verses
    66%

    33In the same way, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door.

    34Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place.

  • Matt 16:24
    66%

    24Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

  • Mark 5:9
    66%

    9Then Jesus asked him, 'What is your name?' He replied, 'My name is Legion, for we are many.'

  • Matt 24:30
    66%

    30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the peoples of the earth will mourn as they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

  • 1 John 4:1
    65%

    1Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

  • Mark 13:26
    65%

    26Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

  • Mark 14:62
    65%

    62Jesus said, "I am. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven."

  • Matt 24:37
    65%

    37As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Luke 14:25
    65%

    25Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them, he said,

  • Luke 24:25
    65%

    25He said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

  • Matt 19:30
    65%

    30But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

  • Luke 12:40
    64%

    40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.