Mark 13:6

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Mark 13:22 : 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.
  • Jer 14:14 : 14 Then Yahweh said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I didn't send them, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I to them: they prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart.
  • Jer 23:21-25 : 21 I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I didn't speak to them, yet they prophesied. 22 But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. 23 Am I a God at hand, says Yahweh, and not a God afar off? 24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says Yahweh. Don't I fill heaven and earth? says Yahweh. 25 I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
  • Matt 24:5 : 5 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will lead many astray.
  • Matt 24:11 : 11 Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.
  • Matt 24:23-24 : 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.
  • 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.
  • John 8:24 : 24 I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."
  • Acts 5:36-39 : 36 For before these days Theudas rose up, making himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nothing. 37 After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some people after him. He also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad. 38 Now I tell you, withdraw from these men, and leave them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will be overthrown. 39 But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!"
  • 1 John 4:1 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 24:4-6
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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.

    6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren't troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.

  • Luke 21:7-9
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    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
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    5 Jesus, answering, began to tell them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.

  • Matt 24:9-11
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    9 Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake.

    10 Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.

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

  • Mark 13:21-23
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    21 Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it.

    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.

  • Matt 24:23-26
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    76%

    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.

  • Matt 7:21-22
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    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.

    22 Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'

  • 2 John 1:7
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    7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don't confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist.

  • Matt 7:15
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    15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

  • Luke 17:23
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    23 They will tell you, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Don't go away, nor follow after them,

  • Luke 13:24-26
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    24 "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

    25 When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

    26 Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'

  • John 13:19
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    19 From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he.

  • Mark 13:7-9
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    7 "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don't be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet.

    8 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains.

    9 But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

  • John 5:43
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    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.

  • Mark 13:26
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    26 Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

  • Mark 13:12-14
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    12 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

    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,

  • 2 Cor 11:13
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    13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ's apostles.

  • Luke 6:46
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    46 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say?

  • 2 Thess 2:3
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    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,

  • Matt 7:13
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    13 "Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

  • 2 Pet 2:2
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    2 Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.

  • Mark 14:62
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    62 Jesus said, "I am. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky."

  • Acts 20:30
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    30 Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

  • Mark 5:9
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    9 He asked him, "What is your name?" He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."

  • Matt 19:30
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    30 But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.

  • Matt 16:24
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    24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

  • Mark 13:30
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    30 Most certainly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things happen.

  • Acts 13:40
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    40 Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:

  • Mark 13:36-37
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    36 lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.

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

  • Luke 21:17
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    17 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake.

  • Luke 14:25
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    25 Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,