Matthew 24:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceiue many.

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  • Matt 24:24 : 24 For there shall arise false Christes, and false prophets, and shall shewe great signes and wonders, so that if it were possible, they should deceiue the very elect.
  • 1 John 2:18 : 18 Litle children, it is the last time, and as ye haue heard that Antichrist shal come, euen now are there many Antichrists: whereby we know that it is the last time.
  • Matt 24:11 : 11 And many false prophets shall arise, & shall deceiue many.
  • Jer 14:14 : 14 Then the Lord said vnto me, The prophets prophecie lyes in my Name: I haue not sent them, neither did I command them, neither spake I vnto them, but they prophecie vnto you a false vision, and diuination, and vanitie, and deceitfulnes of their owne heart.
  • Acts 5:36-37 : 36 For before these times, rose vp Theudas boasting himselfe, to whom resorted a number of men, about a foure hundreth, who was slaine: and they all which obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought. 37 After this man, arose vp Iudas of Galile, in the dayes of the tribute, and drewe away much people after him: hee also perished, and all that obeyed him, were scattered abroad.
  • Acts 8:9-9 : 9 And there was before in the citie a certaine man called Simon, which vsed witchcraft, and bewitched the people of Samaria, saying that he himselfe was some great man. 10 To whome they gaue heede from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that great power of God.
  • Rev 13:8 : 8 Therefore all that dwell vpon the earth, shall worship him, whose names are not written in the booke of life of that Lambe, which was slaine from the beginning of the world.
  • Jer 23:21 : 21 I haue not sent these prophets, sayth the Lord, yet they ranne; I haue not spoken to them, and yet they prophecied.
  • Jer 23:25 : 25 I haue heard what the prophets said, that prophecie lies in my Name, saying, I haue dreamed, I haue dreamed.
  • John 5:43 : 43 I am come in my Fathers Name, and ye receiue me not: if another shall come in his owne name, him will ye receiue.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 13:5-7
    3 verses
    94%

    5 And Iesus answered them, & began to say, Take heede lest any man deceiue you.

    6 For many shall come in my Name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceiue many.

    7 Furthermore when ye shall heare, of warres, & rumours of warres, be ye not troubled: for such things must needes be: but the end shall not be yet.

  • Luke 21:7-9
    3 verses
    87%

    7 Then they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what signe shall there be when these things shall come to passe?

    8 And he sayd, Take heede, that ye be not deceiued: for many will come in my Name, saying, I am Christ, and the time draweth neere: followe ye not them therefore.

    9 And when ye heare of warres and seditions, be not afraid: for these things must first come, but the ende foloweth not by and by.

  • Matt 24:9-12
    4 verses
    81%

    9 Then shal they deliuer you vp to be afflicted, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my Names sake.

    10 And then shall many be offended, and shal betray one another, and shall hate one another.

    11 And many false prophets shall arise, & shall deceiue many.

    12 And because iniquitie shalbe increased, the loue of many shalbe colde.

  • Matt 24:2-4
    3 verses
    80%

    2 And Iesus sayd vnto them, See ye not all these things? Verely I say vnto you, there shall not be here left a stone vpon a stone, that shall not be cast downe.

    3 And as he sate vpon the mount of Oliues, his disciples came vnto him apart, saying, Tell vs when these things shall be, and what signe shalbe of thy coming, and of the ende of the world.

    4 And Iesus answered, and sayd vnto them, Take heede that no man deceiue you.

  • Matt 24:23-27
    5 verses
    78%

    23 Then if any shall say vnto you, Loe, here is Christ, or there, beleeue it not.

    24 For there shall arise false Christes, and false prophets, and shall shewe great signes and wonders, so that if it were possible, they should deceiue the very elect.

    25 Beholde, I haue tolde you before.

    26 Wherefore if they shall say vnto you, Beholde, he is in the desert, goe not forth: Beholde, he is in the secret places, beleeue it not.

    27 For as the lightning commeth out of the East, and is seene into the West, so shall also the coming of the Sonne of man be.

  • Mark 13:21-23
    3 verses
    75%

    21 Then if any man say to you, Loe, here is Christ, or, lo, he is there, beleeue it not.

    22 For false Christes shall rise, and false prophets, and shall shewe signes and wonders, to deceiue if it were possible the very elect.

    23 But take ye heede: beholde, I haue shewed you all things before.

  • Matt 7:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21 Not euery one that sayeth vnto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdome of heauen, but he that doeth my Fathers will which is in heauen.

    22 Many will say to me in that day, Lorde, Lorde, haue we not by thy Name prophecied? and by thy name cast out deuils? and by thy name done many great workes?

  • 2 John 1:7
    70%

    7 For many deceiuers are entred into this worlde, which confesse not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh. He that is such one, is a deceiuer and an Antichrist.

  • Matt 24:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6 And ye shall heare of warres, and rumours of warres: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to passe, but the end is not yet.

    7 For nation shal rise against nation, & realme against realme, and there shalbe famine, and pestilence, and earthquakes in diuers places.

  • Luke 13:24
    69%

    24 Striue to enter in at the straite gate: for many, I say vnto you, will seeke to enter in, and shall not be able.

  • Luke 17:23
    68%

    23 Then they shall say to you, Behold here, or beholde there: but goe not thither, neither followe them.

  • John 5:43
    68%

    43 I am come in my Fathers Name, and ye receiue me not: if another shall come in his owne name, him will ye receiue.

  • Matt 7:15
    68%

    15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you, in sheepes clothing, but inwardly they are rauening wolues.

  • Matt 24:44
    68%

    44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in the houre that ye thinke not, will the Sonne of man come.

  • 2 Pet 2:2
    66%

    2 And many shall folow their destructions, by whom the way of trueth shalbe euil spoken of,

  • John 13:19
    66%

    19 From henceforth tell I you before it come, that when it is come to passe, ye might beleeue that I am he.

  • 2 Thess 2:3
    66%

    3 Let no man deceiue you by any meanes: for that day shall not come, except there come a departing first, and that that man of sinne be disclosed, euen the sonne of perdition,

  • 2 Cor 11:13
    66%

    13 For such false apostles are deceitfull workers, and transforme themselues into the Apostles of Christ.

  • Acts 20:30
    66%

    30 Moreouer of your owne selues shall men arise speaking peruerse thinges, to drawe disciples after them.

  • Matt 24:15
    66%

    15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the Prophet, set in the holy place (let him that readeth consider it.)

  • Matt 24:33-34
    2 verses
    66%

    33 So likewise ye, when ye see all these things, know that the kingdom of God is nere, eue at ye doores.

    34 Verely I say vnto you, this generation shal not passe, till all these things be done.

  • Matt 16:24
    66%

    24 Iesus then saide to his disciples, If any man will follow me, let him forsake himselfe: and take vp his crosse, and followe me.

  • Mark 5:9
    66%

    9 And he asked him, What is thy name? and hee answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

  • Matt 24:30
    66%

    30 And then shall appeare the signe of the Sonne of man in heauen: and then shall all the kinreds of the earth mourne, and they shall see the Sonne of man come in the cloudes of heauen with power and great glorie.

  • 1 John 4:1
    65%

    1 Dearely beloued, beleeue not euery spirit, but trie the spirits whether they are of God: for many false prophets are gone out into this worlde.

  • Mark 13:26
    65%

    26 And then shall they see the Sonne of man comming in ye cloudes, with great power & glory.

  • Mark 14:62
    65%

    62 And Iesus said, I am he, and yee shall see the Sonne of man sitte at the right hande of the power of God, and come in the clouds of heauen.

  • Matt 24:37
    65%

    37 But as the dayes of Noe were, so likewise shall the coming of the Sonne of man be.

  • Luke 14:25
    65%

    25 Nowe there went great multitudes with him, and he turned and sayd vnto them,

  • Luke 24:25
    65%

    25 Then he sayd vnto them, O fooles and slowe of heart to beleeue all that the Prophets haue spoken!

  • Matt 19:30
    65%

    30 But many that are first, shalbe last, and the last shalbe first.

  • Luke 12:40
    64%

    40 Be ye also prepared therefore: for the Sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.