Matthew 24:5

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Matt 24:24 : 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.
  • 1 John 2:18 : 18 Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.
  • Matt 24:11 : 11 Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.
  • 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.
  • Acts 5:36-37 : 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.
  • Acts 8:9-9 : 9 But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one, 10 to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is that great power of God."
  • Rev 13:8 : 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.
  • Jer 23:21 : 21 I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I didn't speak to them, yet they prophesied.
  • Jer 23:25 : 25 I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
  • 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.

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  • Mark 13:5-7
    3 verses
    94%

    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.

  • Luke 21:7-9
    3 verses
    87%

    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."

  • Matt 24:9-12
    4 verses
    81%

    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.

    12 Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.

  • Matt 24:2-4
    3 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Matt 24:23-27
    5 verses
    78%

    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.

    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.

  • Mark 13:21-23
    3 verses
    75%

    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 7:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    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
    70%

    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 24:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

    7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, plagues, and earthquakes in various places.

  • Luke 13:24
    69%

    24 "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

  • Luke 17:23
    68%

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

  • John 5:43
    68%

    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.

  • Matt 7:15
    68%

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

  • Matt 24:44
    68%

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

  • 2 Pet 2:2
    66%

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

  • John 13:19
    66%

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

  • 2 Thess 2:3
    66%

    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,

  • 2 Cor 11:13
    66%

    13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ's apostles.

  • Acts 20:30
    66%

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

  • Matt 24:15
    66%

    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),

  • Matt 24:33-34
    2 verses
    66%

    33 Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

    34 Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.

  • Matt 16:24
    66%

    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 5:9
    66%

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

  • Matt 24:30
    66%

    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.

  • 1 John 4:1
    65%

    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.

  • Mark 13:26
    65%

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

  • Mark 14:62
    65%

    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."

  • Matt 24:37
    65%

    37 "As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Luke 14:25
    65%

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

  • Luke 24:25
    65%

    25 He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

  • Matt 19:30
    65%

    30 But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.

  • Luke 12:40
    64%

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