Mark 13:21

World English Bible (2000)

Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it.

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  • Matt 24:23-25 : 23 "Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or, 'There,' don't believe it. 24 For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones. 25 "Behold, I have told you beforehand.
  • Luke 17:23-24 : 23 They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't go away, nor follow after them, 24 for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day.
  • Luke 21:8 : 8 He said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is at hand.' Therefore don't follow them.
  • John 5:43 : 43 I have come in my Father's name, and you don't receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
  • Deut 13:1-3 : 1 If there arise in the midst of you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give you a sign or a wonder, 2 and the sign or the wonder come to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, "Let us go after other gods" (which you have not known) "and let us serve them;" 3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams: for Yahweh your God proves you, to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
  • Matt 24:5 : 5 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.

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  • 95%

    22 Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.

    23 "Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or, 'There,' don't believe it.

    24 For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

    25 "Behold, I have told you beforehand.

    26 If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' don't go out; 'Behold, he is in the inner rooms,' don't believe it.

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    22 For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

    23 But you watch. "Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.

  • 81%

    21 neither will they say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for behold, the Kingdom of God is within you."

    22 He said to the disciples, "The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

    23 They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't go away, nor follow after them,

  • Luke 21:7-9
    3 verses
    81%

    7 They asked him, "Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?"

    8 He said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is at hand.' Therefore don't follow them.

    9 When you hear of wars and disturbances, don't be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won't come immediately."

  • Mark 13:5-7
    3 verses
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    5 Jesus, answering, began to tell them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.

    6 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!' and will lead many astray.

    7 "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don't be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet.

  • Matt 24:4-5
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    4 Jesus answered them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.

    5 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.

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    13 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

    14 But when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains,

    15 and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.

  • 40 Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:

  • 33 Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is.

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    15 "When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

    16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

  • 3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,

  • 11 Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.

  • 1 Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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    36 lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.

    37 What I tell you, I tell all: Watch."

  • 40 Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."

  • 20 Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.

  • 13 Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

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

  • 67 "If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to them, "If I tell you, you won't believe,

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

  • 29 even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.

  • 19 From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he.

  • 2 and the sign or the wonder come to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, "Let us go after other gods" (which you have not known) "and let us serve them;"

  • 12 If you shall hear tell concerning one of your cities, which Yahweh your God gives you to dwell there, saying,

  • 44 Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don't expect, the Son of Man will come.

  • 20 Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.

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    20 "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand.

    21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein.

  • 27 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

  • 8 Watch yourselves, that we don't lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.

  • 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

  • 21 When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, "Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me."

  • 44 Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me.

  • 37 If I don't do the works of my Father, don't believe me.