Matthew 24:26

World English Bible (2000)

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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  • Acts 21:38 : 38 Aren't you then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?"
  • Isa 40:3 : 3 The voice of one who calls out, "Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
  • Matt 3:1 : 1 In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
  • Luke 3:2-3 : 2 in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness. 3 He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.

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    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.

  • 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.

  • Luke 17:22-24
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    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,

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    27 For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Matt 24:42-44
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    42 Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.

    43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

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  • Matt 24:2-6
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    2 But he answered them, "You see all of these things, don't you? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down."

    3 As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"

    4 Jesus answered them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.

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    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.

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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),

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    18 Let him who is in the field not return back to get his clothes.

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    39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.

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  • Matt 24:32-34
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    32 "Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near.

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

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    36 lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.

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    48 But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'

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

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    50 the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,

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